diff --git a/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig b/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig
index 3030a95594b8cc4adeb73f4720fd579b6a9a7c12..8803da5b469bd6d82a82be1aa47ed085473080b0 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR=0x82000000
 CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="EMMC_BOOT"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Press SPACE to abort autoboot in %d seconds\n"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR="d"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR=" "
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig b/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig
index ad40b077d832d3d4ac9301dd23eea597ca52f794..5dcb942f3900f6db65727f638da6060b20ef1313 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_boneblack_vboot_defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="EMMC_BOOT,ENABLE_VBOOT"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Press SPACE to abort autoboot in %d seconds\n"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR="d"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR=" "
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
index 27cb88154d89fb034425b2b12e5f18c8316fb5bb..7753ab5d0aec07dfed6d9cf6badf71390f9bf154 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_evm_defconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR=0x82000000
 CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="NAND"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Press SPACE to abort autoboot in %d seconds\n"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR="d"
+CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR=" "
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y