diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig
index ac632cc38f24..3bdbde985f2e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y
 CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
 CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
+CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y