diff --git a/configs/theadorable_defconfig b/configs/theadorable_defconfig
index 9bfabaa..5609562 100644
--- a/configs/theadorable_defconfig
+++ b/configs/theadorable_defconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_THEADORABLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="armada-xp-theadorable"
 # CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT is not set
 CONFIG_FIT=y