diff --git a/configs/astro_mcf5373l_defconfig b/configs/astro_mcf5373l_defconfig
index add26ef..f7627a1 100644
--- a/configs/astro_mcf5373l_defconfig
+++ b/configs/astro_mcf5373l_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 CONFIG_M68K=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_ASTRO_MCF5373L=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS=" console=ttyS2,115200 rootfstype=romfs loaderversion=$loaderversion"
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="URMEL > "