diff --git a/stages/org.osbuild.kickstart b/stages/org.osbuild.kickstart
index 3994aa0429..b4a9d10034 100755
--- a/stages/org.osbuild.kickstart
+++ b/stages/org.osbuild.kickstart
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ SCHEMA = r"""
         }
       }
     }]
+  },
+  "text": {
+    "type": "boolean",
+    "description": "Perform the Kickstart installation in text mode"
   }
 }
 """
@@ -342,6 +346,9 @@ def main(tree, options):
     clearpart = make_clearpart(options)
     if clearpart:
         config += [clearpart]
+    text = options.get("text")
+    if text:
+        config += ["text"]
 
     reboot = make_reboot(options)
     if reboot:
diff --git a/stages/test/test_kickstart.py b/stages/test/test_kickstart.py
index 60c31fda6a..6e714e9a23 100644
--- a/stages/test/test_kickstart.py
+++ b/stages/test/test_kickstart.py
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@
         },
         "lang en_US.UTF-8\nkeyboard us\ntimezone UTC\nzerombr\nclearpart --all --drives=sd*|hd*|vda,/dev/vdc",
     ),
-    # no reboot for an empty dict
     ({"reboot": True}, "reboot"),
     ({"reboot": {"eject": False}}, "reboot"),
     ({"reboot": {"eject": True}}, "reboot --eject"),
     ({"reboot": {"kexec": False}}, "reboot"),
     ({"reboot": {"kexec": True}}, "reboot --kexec"),
     ({"reboot": {"eject": True, "kexec": True}}, "reboot --eject --kexec"),
-]
+    ({"text": True}, "text"),
+])
 
 
 def schema_validate_kickstart_stage(test_data):