diff --git a/configs/mt8183_kukui_krane_defconfig b/configs/mt8183_kukui_krane_defconfig
index 8c76f5ad6c9..f14aa5d5cf3 100644
--- a/configs/mt8183_kukui_krane_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mt8183_kukui_krane_defconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_MT8183_SCANOUT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_MTK=y
 CONFIG_PHY=y
 CONFIG_PHY_MTK_TPHY=y
+CONFIG_CONSOLE_ROTATION=y
 CONFIG_USB=y
 CONFIG_DM_USB=y
 CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=y
diff --git a/drivers/video/mt8183_scanout.c b/drivers/video/mt8183_scanout.c
index dc342b93e2c..78a3b763754 100644
--- a/drivers/video/mt8183_scanout.c
+++ b/drivers/video/mt8183_scanout.c
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ static int mt8183_scanout_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 	uc_priv->ysize = fb.y_resolution;
 	uc_priv->line_length = fb.bytes_per_line;
 
+	/*
+	 * The BOE TV101WUM-NL6 panel is mounted rotated 270 degrees in
+	 * the krane chassis (see the panel node's "rotation" property in
+	 * the upstream DT). The keyboard-covered landscape orientation
+	 * therefore needs the console rotated; the uclass then binds the
+	 * rotated vidconsole3 text driver, which writes glyphs rotated
+	 * by 270 degrees clockwise into the native 1200x1920 portrait
+	 * scanout and swaps the console geometry (240x75 columns/rows
+	 * on this panel). rot=1 (90 degrees) was tried first and read
+	 * upside down on the device (R35).
+	 */
+	uc_priv->rot = 3;
+
 	printf("Video: MT8183 scanout %dx%d@32bpp at %llx\n",
 	       uc_priv->xsize, uc_priv->ysize, (unsigned long long)plat->base);