Index: sys/kern/init_main.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/init_main.c
+++ sys/kern/init_main.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/kernel.h>
 #include <sys/exec.h>
+#include <sys/fcntl.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <sys/filedesc.h>
 #include <sys/jail.h>
@@ -669,6 +670,40 @@
 	CTLFLAG_RW, &init_shutdown_timeout, 0, "Shutdown timeout of init(8). "
 	"Unused within kernel, but used to control init(8)");
 
+static void
+open_initial_fds(void)
+{
+	struct thread *td;
+	int devconsole, error;
+
+	td = curthread;
+
+	error = kern_openat(td, AT_FDCWD, "/dev/console",
+	    UIO_SYSSPACE, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK, 0);
+	if (error != 0) {
+		if (bootverbose || error != EWOULDBLOCK)
+			printf("%s: cannot open /dev/console, error = %d\n",
+			    __func__, error);
+		return;
+	}
+	devconsole = td->td_retval[0];
+	KASSERT(devconsole == 0, ("we didn't get our fd"));
+
+	error = kern_dup(td, FDDUP_FIXED, 0, devconsole, 1);
+	if (error != 0) {
+		printf("%s: kern_dup() failed for stdout with error %d\n",
+		    __func__, error);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	error = kern_dup(td, FDDUP_FIXED, 0, devconsole, 2);
+	if (error != 0) {
+		printf("%s: kern_dup() failed for stderr with error %d\n",
+		    __func__, error);
+		return;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Start the initial user process; try exec'ing each pathname in init_path.
  * The program is invoked with one argument containing the boot flags.
@@ -711,6 +746,8 @@
 		freeenv(var);
 	}
 	
+	open_initial_fds();
+
 	for (path = init_path; *path != '\0'; path = next) {
 		while (*path == ':')
 			path++;