diff --git a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
index 6683b3ec29..d0fbc88214 100644
--- a/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am335x_evm.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT		"$(CPUDIR)/omap-common/u-boot-spl.lds"
 
 /*