diff --git a/templates/common-boot-tpl.yaml b/templates/common-boot-tpl.yaml
index 382abc89b164fcfa11d8b98abfce559edcd98702..5baebf0fd022943e4421e26a2dc9ec3a09c75aba 100644
--- a/templates/common-boot-tpl.yaml
+++ b/templates/common-boot-tpl.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ timeouts:
   action:
     minutes: 120
 
+context:
+  kernel_start_message: '.*'
+
 metadata:
   source: https://git.apertis.org/git/apertis-tests.git
   image.version: '{{image_date}}'
diff --git a/templates/common-qemu-boot-tpl.yaml b/templates/common-qemu-boot-tpl.yaml
index d41c54d5679d6a66d8bcde81488331ea55ee0611..aa7064c3c8646e907a17764fbfe20e1e793b5034 100644
--- a/templates/common-qemu-boot-tpl.yaml
+++ b/templates/common-qemu-boot-tpl.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ timeouts:
 
 context:
   arch: {{arch}}
+  kernel_start_message: '.*'
 
 metadata:
   source: https://git.apertis.org/git/apertis-tests.git
diff --git a/templates/minimal-boot-tpl.yaml b/templates/minimal-boot-tpl.yaml
index 9dffa1bc1176a1cf0c3dca56c34545e80add0824..79e80a5083c072084abe913d1f5997e1841ccbe5 100644
--- a/templates/minimal-boot-tpl.yaml
+++ b/templates/minimal-boot-tpl.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ timeouts:
   action:
     minutes: 120
 
+context:
+  kernel_start_message: '.*'
+
 metadata:
   source: https://git.apertis.org/git/apertis-tests.git
   image.version: '{{image_date}}'