diff --git a/configs/da850evm_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
index a49ef71..0135e7d 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="MAC_ADDR_IN_SPIFLASH"
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="mem=32M console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mtdblock2 rw noinitrd ip=dhcp"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set