diff --git a/configs/MPC837XEMDS_HOST_defconfig b/configs/MPC837XEMDS_HOST_defconfig
index 9ce9914..fd6721c 100644
--- a/configs/MPC837XEMDS_HOST_defconfig
+++ b/configs/MPC837XEMDS_HOST_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 CONFIG_PPC=y
 CONFIG_MPC83xx=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_MPC837XEMDS=y
+CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP=y
+CONFIG_OF_STDOUT_VIA_ALIAS=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="PCI"
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y