diff --git a/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.cpp b/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.cpp
index 8cc349d..beed04b 100644
--- a/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.cpp
+++ b/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.cpp
@@ -262,6 +262,25 @@ namespace arduino {
 
     // --- SimSerial: stdout-backed simulated serial (used as the console) ---
 
+    /**
+     * Line-buffer stdout the first time a SimSerial is constructed.
+     *
+     * The global `Serial` instance is constructed at static-init, before any
+     * output, so this runs before the first write.  With line buffering, each
+     * log line is flushed on its terminating newline, so `Serial.print(...)`
+     * output reaches the terminal / journald promptly without wrapping the
+     * process in `stdbuf -oL`.  Guarded to run only once: setvbuf() is undefined
+     * once I/O has occurred, and additional SimSerial instances may be created
+     * (e.g. in tests) after output has already started.
+     */
+    SimSerial::SimSerial() {
+        static bool configured = [] {
+            setvbuf(stdout, nullptr, _IOLBF, 0);
+            return true;
+        }();
+        (void)configured;
+    }
+
     /** No-op: simulated port requires no hardware setup. */
     void SimSerial::begin(unsigned long baudrate, uint16_t config) {}
 
diff --git a/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.h b/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.h
index 5dbb12a..1f435a8 100644
--- a/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.h
+++ b/cores/ardulinux/linux/LinuxSerial.h
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ namespace arduino {
  */
     class SimSerial : public HardwareSerial {
     public:
+        /**
+         * Line-buffer stdout (once, at static init) so log lines reach the
+         * terminal / journald promptly, without needing an external
+         * `stdbuf -oL` wrapper around the process.
+         */
+        SimSerial();
         /** No-op; the simulated port is always "open". */
         virtual void begin(unsigned long baudrate) { begin(baudrate, SERIAL_8N1); }
         /** No-op. */