diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_%.bbappend b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_%.bbappend
index 8fe7c08e..581f7454 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a_%.bbappend
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ TFA_BUILD_TARGET:k3 = "all"
 TFA_INSTALL_TARGET:k3 = "bl31"
 TFA_SPD:k3 = "opteed"
 
+EXTRA_OEMAKE:append:k3 = "${@ 'K3_USART=' + d.getVar('TFA_K3_USART') if d.getVar('TFA_K3_USART') else ''}"
+
 do_compile:append:am65xx-hs-evm() {
 	export TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG=${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG}
 	( cd ${BUILD_DIR}; \