diff --git a/configs/am3517_crane_defconfig b/configs/am3517_crane_defconfig
index 48a184f..72172cf 100644
--- a/configs/am3517_crane_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am3517_crane_defconfig
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_NET is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_NFS is not set
+CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y