diff --git a/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig b/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
index 9106a05..6d78ed7 100644
--- a/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyO2,115200n8 noinitrd earlyprintk"
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET=y
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set