diff --git a/qemu-install.sh b/qemu-install.sh
index 9b7fed8..4bb83f0 100755
--- a/qemu-install.sh
+++ b/qemu-install.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -vga std \
                    -cdrom "$1" \
                    -hda "$2" \
                    -boot d \
+                   -device VGA,vgamem_mb=256 \
                    -monitor stdio
diff --git a/qemu-run.sh b/qemu-run.sh
index 0a75c92..43e00d3 100755
--- a/qemu-run.sh
+++ b/qemu-run.sh
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -vga std \
                    -netdev user,id=net0 \
                    -hda "$HDA_IMAGE" \
                    -monitor stdio \
+                   -device VGA,vgamem_mb=256 \
                    "$@"