diff --git a/shared/cfg/base.cfg b/shared/cfg/base.cfg
index 87578f40b5a..223e672cb0a 100644
--- a/shared/cfg/base.cfg
+++ b/shared/cfg/base.cfg
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ q35, arm64-pci, arm64-mmio:
 # serials = "S1 S2 S3"
 serials = "serial0"
 
+# Enable this to "yes" if you want to force wait_for_login
+# to give serial session incase of failure
+force_use_serial_login = "no"
+
 # virtio_serialport and virtio_console ports
 # virtio_ports = "vs1 vs2 vc1"
 # Port types
diff --git a/virttest/virt_vm.py b/virttest/virt_vm.py
index 5f18ed9a856..957ae9e10a4 100644
--- a/virttest/virt_vm.py
+++ b/virttest/virt_vm.py
@@ -1149,6 +1149,8 @@ def print_guest_network_info():
                     session.close()
 
         error = None
+        if not serial:
+            serial = self.params.get("force_use_serial_login", "no") == "yes"
         logging.debug("Attempting to log into '%s' (timeout %ds)",
                       self.name, timeout)
         start_time = time.time()