1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-char.c b/qemu-char.c
index 8c5544c27b..26e8825fec 100644
--- a/qemu-char.c
+++ b/qemu-char.c
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ CharDriverState *qemu_chr_open(const char *label, const char *filename, void (*i
         chr = qemu_chr_open(label, p, NULL);
         if (chr) {
             chr = qemu_chr_open_mux(chr);
-            monitor_init(chr, 0);
+            monitor_init(chr, MONITOR_USE_READLINE);
         } else {
             printf("Unable to open driver: %s\n", p);
         }