diff --git a/docs/internal.md b/docs/internal.md
index 64f43dc5a9c..1bafb3f8277 100644
--- a/docs/internal.md
+++ b/docs/internal.md
@@ -44,14 +44,18 @@ kernel:
 QEMU:
 - `qemu.pid`: QEMU PID
 - `qmp.sock`: QMP socket
-- `serial.log`: QEMU serial log, for debugging
-- `serial.sock`: QEMU serial socket, for debugging (Usage: `socat -,echo=0,icanon=0 unix-connect:serial.sock`)
 
 VZ:
 - `vz.pid`: VZ PID
 - `vz-identifier`: Unique machine identifier file for a VM
 - `vz-efi`: EFIVariable store file for a VM
 
+Serial:
+- `serial.log`: legacy serial log (QEMU only), for debugging
+- `serial.sock`: legacy serial socket (QEMU only), for debugging (Usage: `socat -,echo=0,icanon=0 unix-connect:serial.sock`)
+- `serialv.log`: virtio serial log, for debugging
+- `serialv.sock`: virtio serial socket (QEMU only), for debugging (Usage: `socat -,echo=0,icanon=0 unix-connect:serialv.sock`)
+
 SSH:
 - `ssh.sock`: SSH control master socket
 - `ssh.config`: SSH config file for `ssh -F`. Not consumed by Lima itself.
diff --git a/pkg/qemu/qemu.go b/pkg/qemu/qemu.go
index 3e2214d4f69..e80285f8605 100644
--- a/pkg/qemu/qemu.go
+++ b/pkg/qemu/qemu.go
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ func Cmdline(cfg Config) (string, []string, error) {
 	// Parallel
 	args = append(args, "-parallel", "none")
 
-	// Serial
+	// Serial (legacy)
 	serialSock := filepath.Join(cfg.InstanceDir, filenames.SerialSock)
 	if err := os.RemoveAll(serialSock); err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
@@ -818,6 +818,20 @@ func Cmdline(cfg Config) (string, []string, error) {
 	args = append(args, "-chardev", fmt.Sprintf("socket,id=%s,path=%s,server=on,wait=off,logfile=%s", serialChardev, serialSock, serialLog))
 	args = append(args, "-serial", "chardev:"+serialChardev)
 
+	// Serial (virtio)
+	serialvSock := filepath.Join(cfg.InstanceDir, filenames.SerialVirtioSock)
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(serialvSock); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	serialvLog := filepath.Join(cfg.InstanceDir, filenames.SerialVirtioLog)
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(serialvLog); err != nil {
+		return "", nil, err
+	}
+	const serialvChardev = "char-serial-virtio"
+	args = append(args, "-chardev", fmt.Sprintf("socket,id=%s,path=%s,server=on,wait=off,logfile=%s", serialvChardev, serialvSock, serialvLog))
+	args = append(args, "-device", "virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0")
+	args = append(args, "-device", fmt.Sprintf("virtconsole,chardev=%s,id=console0", serialvChardev))
+
 	// We also want to enable vsock here, but QEMU does not support vsock for macOS hosts
 
 	if *y.MountType == limayaml.NINEP || *y.MountType == limayaml.VIRTIOFS {
diff --git a/pkg/qemu/qemu_driver.go b/pkg/qemu/qemu_driver.go
index 00867246d88..02052595605 100644
--- a/pkg/qemu/qemu_driver.go
+++ b/pkg/qemu/qemu_driver.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (l *LimaQemuDriver) Start(ctx context.Context) (chan error, error) {
 		}()
 	}
 
-	logrus.Infof("Starting QEMU (hint: to watch the boot progress, see %q)", filepath.Join(qCfg.InstanceDir, filenames.SerialLog))
+	logrus.Infof("Starting QEMU (hint: to watch the boot progress, see %q)", filepath.Join(qCfg.InstanceDir, "serial*.log"))
 	logrus.Debugf("qCmd.Args: %v", qCmd.Args)
 	if err := qCmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/store/filenames/filenames.go b/pkg/store/filenames/filenames.go
index 11184ca9e18..e57d0ba9604 100644
--- a/pkg/store/filenames/filenames.go
+++ b/pkg/store/filenames/filenames.go
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ const (
 	KernelCmdline      = "kernel.cmdline"
 	Initrd             = "initrd"
 	QMPSock            = "qmp.sock"
-	SerialLog          = "serial.log"
+	SerialLog          = "serial.log" // legacy
 	SerialSock         = "serial.sock"
+	SerialVirtioLog    = "serialv.log" // virtio serial
+	SerialVirtioSock   = "serialv.sock"
 	SSHSock            = "ssh.sock"
 	SSHConfig          = "ssh.config"
 	VhostSock          = "virtiofsd-%d.sock"
diff --git a/pkg/vz/vm_darwin.go b/pkg/vz/vm_darwin.go
index 2d08e5e5915..157e6a04599 100644
--- a/pkg/vz/vm_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/vz/vm_darwin.go
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func attachPlatformConfig(driver *driver.BaseDriver, vmConfig *vz.VirtualMachine
 }
 
 func attachSerialPort(driver *driver.BaseDriver, config *vz.VirtualMachineConfiguration) error {
-	path := filepath.Join(driver.Instance.Dir, filenames.SerialLog)
+	path := filepath.Join(driver.Instance.Dir, filenames.SerialVirtioLog)
 	serialPortAttachment, err := vz.NewFileSerialPortAttachment(path, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/vz/vz_driver_darwin.go b/pkg/vz/vz_driver_darwin.go
index 38ea6398ff4..843e4163ba7 100644
--- a/pkg/vz/vz_driver_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/vz/vz_driver_darwin.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/Code-Hex/vz/v3"
 
-	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/pkg/store/filenames"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
 	"github.com/lima-vm/lima/pkg/driver"
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ func (l *LimaVzDriver) CreateDisk() error {
 }
 
 func (l *LimaVzDriver) Start(ctx context.Context) (chan error, error) {
-	logrus.Infof("Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see %q)", filepath.Join(l.Instance.Dir, filenames.SerialLog))
+	logrus.Infof("Starting VZ (hint: to watch the boot progress, see %q)", filepath.Join(l.Instance.Dir, "serial*.log"))
 	vm, errCh, err := startVM(ctx, l.BaseDriver)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, vz.ErrUnsupportedOSVersion) {