diff --git a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
index c9484d3..08be37b 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d3_xplained_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 CONFIG_PMECC_CAP=4
 CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE=0x20000
+CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT=0x40
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE=0x800
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE=0x40