diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b08f195e..2420d7f7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ aarch64-debian-container_prep:
   - ninja -k0 -j${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4}
   - ninja install
   - test -n "${QEMU_SMP}" || QEMU_SMP=${FDO_CI_CONCURRENT:-4}
-  - virtme-run --rw --pwd --kimg /weston-virtme/${KERNEL_IMAGE} --kopt quiet --script-dir ../.gitlab-ci/virtme-scripts --qemu-opts -m 4096 -smp ${QEMU_SMP}
+  - virtme-run --rw --pwd --kimg /weston-virtme/${KERNEL_IMAGE} --kopt quiet --kopt log_buf_len=2M --script-dir ../.gitlab-ci/virtme-scripts --qemu-opts -m 4096 -smp ${QEMU_SMP}
   - TEST_RES=$(cat $TESTS_RES_PATH)
   - rm $TESTS_RES_PATH
   - cp -R /weston-virtme ./