diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/qemu.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/qemu.py
index f18f11e0f..0fd1108cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/qemu.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/vms/qemu.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ def qemu_command(
             "-serial", "null",
             "-chardev", "file,id=char0,path=/dev/stdout",
             "-device", "virtconsole,chardev=char0,nr=0",
+            "-monitor", "none",
         ])
 
     vsock_cid = None