diff --git a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig
index abb0726..e7e8a01 100644
--- a/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/at91sam9n12ek_mmc_defconfig
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
 CONFIG_PINCTRL=y
 CONFIG_PINCTRL_AT91=y
 CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_ATMEL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0xfffff200
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=132000000
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_ANNOUNCE=y
 CONFIG_ATMEL_USART=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI=y
 CONFIG_ATMEL_SPI=y