diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_%.bbappend b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_%.bbappend
index 5cb70df9..f1d7fc9a 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-security/optee/optee-os_%.bbappend
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:k3 = "${@ 'CFG_CONSOLE_UART='+ d.getVar('OPTEE_K3_USART') if d.getVar('OPTEE_K3_USART') else ''}"
+
 do_compile:prepend:ti-soc() {
     export TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG=${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG}
 }