diff --git a/configs/spear300_defconfig b/configs/spear300_defconfig
index db3b6ea..2ef309c 100644
--- a/configs/spear300_defconfig
+++ b/configs/spear300_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_SPEAR300=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="spear300"
+CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y