diff --git a/configs/nitrogen6q_defconfig b/configs/nitrogen6q_defconfig
index 2e9ee2e..edf4b63 100644
--- a/configs/nitrogen6q_defconfig
+++ b/configs/nitrogen6q_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARCH_MX6=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_NITROGEN6X=y
 CONFIG_VIDEO=y
+CONFIG_CMD_HDMIDETECT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/boundary/nitrogen6x/nitrogen6q.cfg,MX6Q,DDR_MB=1024"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE=y