diff --git a/board/wandboard/README b/board/wandboard/README
index f84f205337..2d514a7214 100644
--- a/board/wandboard/README
+++ b/board/wandboard/README
@@ -37,3 +37,13 @@ as the mx6 processor)
 - Connect the serial cable to the host PC
 
 - Power up the board and U-Boot messages will appear in the serial console.
+
+Debug UART
+----------
+
+The following settings provide a debug UART for the Wandboard:
+
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_MXC=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x02020000
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=80000000
diff --git a/configs/wandboard_defconfig b/configs/wandboard_defconfig
index 733b4e82ed..8febe56f2e 100644
--- a/configs/wandboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/wandboard_defconfig
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ CONFIG_PINCTRL_IMX6=y
 CONFIG_DM_PMIC=y
 CONFIG_DM_PMIC_PFUZE100=y
 CONFIG_DM_SCSI=y
+CONFIG_MXC_UART=y
 CONFIG_DM_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_USB=y
 CONFIG_DM_USB=y
diff --git a/include/configs/wandboard.h b/include/configs/wandboard.h
index 2b0576e1e6..c798ca64bf 100644
--- a/include/configs/wandboard.h
+++ b/include/configs/wandboard.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 /* Size of malloc() pool */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * SZ_1M)
 
-#define CONFIG_MXC_UART
 #define CONFIG_MXC_UART_BASE		UART1_BASE
 
 /* SATA Configs */