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diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
index 989b74f4f1..fa3ce7790d 100644
--- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
@@ -106,11 +106,16 @@ the #:references-graphs parameter of 'derivation'."
(not target-arm32?))
'("-enable-kvm")
'())
+
+ ;; Pass "panic=1" so that the guest dies upon error.
"-append"
- ;; The serial port name differs between emulated architectures/machines.
- ,@(if target-arm32?
- `(,(string-append "console=ttyAMA0 --load=" builder))
- `(,(string-append "console=ttyS0 --load=" builder)))
+ ,(string-append "panic=1 --load=" builder
+
+ ;; The serial port name differs between emulated
+ ;; architectures/machines.
+ " console="
+ (if target-arm32? "ttyAMA0" "ttyS0"))
+
;; NIC is not supported on ARM "virt" machine, so use a user mode
;; network stack instead.
,@(if target-arm32?