diff --git a/configs/novena_defconfig b/configs/novena_defconfig
index 66b1bbe..71fa224 100644
--- a/configs/novena_defconfig
+++ b/configs/novena_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/imx-common/spl_sd.cfg,MX6Q"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y