diff --git a/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig b/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig
index 02ce013..855e1ca 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_POWER_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT=y
-# CONFIG_AUTOBOOT is not set
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Press SPACE to abort autoboot in %d seconds\n"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR="d"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR=" "
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV=y
 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM=y