diff --git a/configs/spear300_usbtty_defconfig b/configs/spear300_usbtty_defconfig
index 5c67aeb..34f0ec0 100644
--- a/configs/spear300_usbtty_defconfig
+++ b/configs/spear300_usbtty_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_SPEAR300=y
+CONFIG_IDENT_STRING="-SPEAr"
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SPEAR300,USBTTY"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=-1
 CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y