diff --git a/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS b/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS
index c6c75f22a029..6537172490ae 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS
+++ b/sys/powerpc/conf/DEFAULTS
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ device		mem		# Memory and kernel memory devices
 
 # UART chips on this platform
 device		uart_ns8250
+device		uart_z8530