diff --git a/include/configs/spear-common.h b/include/configs/spear-common.h
index 4f067ebf4d..aa9ec5d951 100644
--- a/include/configs/spear-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/spear-common.h
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_NAND_FSMC
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE		1
 #define CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE		1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ONFI_DETECTION
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_QUIET_TEST
 
 /*
  * Command support defines