diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
index c1c646bf15f2..b022ab596919 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ options 	SYSVSHM			# SYSV-style shared memory
 options 	SYSVMSG			# SYSV-style message queues
 options 	SYSVSEM			# SYSV-style semaphores
 options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
+options 	PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128	# Prevent printf output being interspersed.
 options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
 options 	FREEBSD_BOOT_LOADER	# Process metadata passed from loader(8)
 options 	VFP			# Enable floating point hardware support