diff --git a/include/configs/bfin_adi_common.h b/include/configs/bfin_adi_common.h
index 3312681e82..5d78403442 100644
--- a/include/configs/bfin_adi_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/bfin_adi_common.h
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_BAUDRATE
 # define CONFIG_BAUDRATE	57600
 #endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_EARLY_SERIAL
+# define CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTI
+# define CONFIG_SYS_BFIN_UART
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Debug Settings