diff --git a/configs/spear600_defconfig b/configs/spear600_defconfig
index f540839..623800c 100644
--- a/configs/spear600_defconfig
+++ b/configs/spear600_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_SPEAR600=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="spear600"
+CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Hit SPACE in %d seconds to stop autoboot.\n"
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR=" "