diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
index 0fa3720..d634f40 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y