diff --git a/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_juno_defconfig b/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_juno_defconfig
index d7414d4..c36b6c2 100644
--- a/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_juno_defconfig
+++ b/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_juno_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyAMA0,115200n8 root=/dev/sda2 rw rootwait earlyprintk=pl011,0x7ff80000 debug user_debug=31 androidboot.hardware=juno loglevel=9"
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="VExpress64# "