diff --git a/configs/sandbox_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
index caa7336280a1d45ee507047915159423734004a6..65184c8e853ed7de2b483e57b7fbdb523987cfab 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="sandbox"
+CONFIG_DM_PCI_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SST=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WINBOND=y
 CONFIG_DM_ETH=y
 CONFIG_DM_PCI=y
-CONFIG_DM_PCI_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_PCI_SANDBOX=y
 CONFIG_PINCTRL=y
 CONFIG_PINCONF=y
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ CONFIG_USB_EMUL=y
 CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
 CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD=y
 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL=y
+CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DHRYSTONE=y
 CONFIG_TPM=y
 CONFIG_LZ4=y
diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
index 499d00d57e6e1f39d4bf271c2bdb13d94d8f7839..ae122daa0496a1db08e4322150e1c131084ba94c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@ config DISPLAY_PORT
 	   to drive LCD panels. This framework provides support for enabling
 	   these displays where supported by the video hardware.
 
+config VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL
+	bool "Enable sandbox video console using SDL"
+	depends on SANDBOX
+	help
+	  When using sandbox you can enable an emulated LCD display which
+	  appears as an SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) window. This is a
+	  console device and can display stdout output. Within U-Boot is is
+	  a normal bitmap display and can display images as well as text.
+
 config VIDEO_TEGRA124
 	bool "Enable video support on Tegra124"
 	help
diff --git a/include/configs/sandbox.h b/include/configs/sandbox.h
index d3112e1760e45631c1e0b8f107ee57ea1462c340..e1be60369845a1a9669b5946d533ee9960e53589 100644
--- a/include/configs/sandbox.h
+++ b/include/configs/sandbox.h
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
 /* LCD and keyboard require SDL support */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SANDBOX_SDL
 #define CONFIG_LCD
-#define CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL
 #define CONFIG_CMD_BMP
 #define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
 #define CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX