diff --git a/configs/spear600_defconfig b/configs/spear600_defconfig
index 9d23978..e14dcc0 100644
--- a/configs/spear600_defconfig
+++ b/configs/spear600_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_SPEAR600=y
+CONFIG_IDENT_STRING="-SPEAr"
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SPEAR600"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y