diff --git a/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
index 19fbd450c7547da11324e10f3a360eb8adc050f3..b449d9b99716fe353f3c66c302caa2a5b0e6abfe 100644
--- a/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/j721e_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x70000
 CONFIG_SOC_K3_J721E=y
+CONFIG_K3_EARLY_CONS=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_J721E_R5_EVM=y
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x20000
 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x680000