diff --git a/configs/sama5d2_ptc_ek_nandflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d2_ptc_ek_nandflash_defconfig
index 5dc2a60ba3..dd6068dd46 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d2_ptc_ek_nandflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d2_ptc_ek_nandflash_defconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SAMA5D2"
 CONFIG_NAND_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk mtdparts=atmel_nand:256k(bootstrap)ro,768k(uboot)ro,256K(env_redundant),256k(env),512k(dtb),6M(kernel)ro,-(rootfs) rootfstype=ubifs ubi.mtd=6 root=ubi0:rootfs"
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX=y
 CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set