diff --git a/configs/nsim_hs38be_defconfig b/configs/nsim_hs38be_defconfig
index 8ffbb85..7d62206 100644
--- a/configs/nsim_hs38be_defconfig
+++ b/configs/nsim_hs38be_defconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="nsim"
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyARC0,115200n8"
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="nsim# "
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set