diff --git a/configs/octeontx_81xx_defconfig b/configs/octeontx_81xx_defconfig
index d14e121..539ebf1 100644
--- a/configs/octeontx_81xx_defconfig
+++ b/configs/octeontx_81xx_defconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="Marvell> "
+CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS=64
 # CONFIG_CMD_BOOTEFI_HELLO_COMPILE is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM=y
 CONFIG_MD5SUM_VERIFY=y