diff --git a/configs/tec-ng_defconfig b/configs/tec-ng_defconfig
index 7a8d687..5b71327 100644
--- a/configs/tec-ng_defconfig
+++ b/configs/tec-ng_defconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_NFS is not set
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
 CONFIG_USB=y
 CONFIG_DM_USB=y
 CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y