diff --git a/lib/ironic b/lib/ironic
index 552c07ed8d..01dc9edfbd 100644
--- a/lib/ironic
+++ b/lib/ironic
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ function configure_ironic_conductor {
     if [[ "$IRONIC_VM_LOG_CONSOLE" == "True" ]] ; then
         pxe_params+="nofb nomodeset vga=normal console=ttyS0"
         if is_deployed_with_ipa_ramdisk; then
-            pxe_params+=" systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes"
+            pxe_params+=" systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes ipa-debug=1"
         fi
     fi
     # When booting with less than 1GB, we need to switch from default tmpfs