diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
index 5ff65c6..f13fd70 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000