diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py b/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
index dc79490768630..4a6bf4e048f5b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@
 			   qemu_arch='x86_64',
 			   kernel_path='arch/x86/boot/bzImage',
 			   kernel_command_line='console=ttyS0',
-			   extra_qemu_params=[])
+			   # qboot is faster than SeaBIOS and doesn't mess up
+			   # the terminal.
+			   extra_qemu_params=['-bios', 'qboot.rom'])