diff --git a/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig b/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
index a214949..318751c 100644
--- a/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ti816x_evm_defconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL=y