diff --git a/configs/spear600_nand_defconfig b/configs/spear600_nand_defconfig
index de416d9..8da9b34 100644
--- a/configs/spear600_nand_defconfig
+++ b/configs/spear600_nand_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_SPEAR600=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="spear600,nand"
+CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y