diff --git a/configs/seaboard_defconfig b/configs/seaboard_defconfig
index bcce38c..ad16a10 100644
--- a/configs/seaboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/seaboard_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_NFS is not set
+CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
 CONFIG_USB=y
 CONFIG_DM_USB=y
 CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y