diff --git a/board/ti/am57xx/Kconfig b/board/ti/am57xx/Kconfig
index 17745ff..87654f9 100644
--- a/board/ti/am57xx/Kconfig
+++ b/board/ti/am57xx/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
 	default "am57xx_evm"
 
+config CONS_INDEX
+        int "UART used for console"
+        range 1 6
+        default 3
+        help
+          The AM57x (and DRA7xx) SoC has a total of 6 UARTs available to it.
+          Depending on your specific board you may want something other than UART3
+          here.
+
 source "board/ti/common/Kconfig"
 
 endif
diff --git a/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig b/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig
index 1090287..e40c24a 100644
--- a/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="am57xx-beagle-x15"
 CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
-CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="CONS_INDEX=3"
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/am57xx_evm_nodt_defconfig b/configs/am57xx_evm_nodt_defconfig
index 7641db5..cb91719 100644
--- a/configs/am57xx_evm_nodt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am57xx_evm_nodt_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 CONFIG_OMAP54XX=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_BEAGLE_X15=y
 CONFIG_SPL=y
-CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="CONS_INDEX=3"
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y