diff --git a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/knsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/knsh/defconfig
index 77ac0260f92..82e8240dfe1 100644
--- a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/knsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/knsh/defconfig
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOT_RUNFROMSDRAM=y
 CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
 CONFIG_DISABLE_ENVIRON=y