diff --git a/litex_boards/targets/colorlight_i9plus.py b/litex_boards/targets/colorlight_i9plus.py
index 724475b..734907c 100755
--- a/litex_boards/targets/colorlight_i9plus.py
+++ b/litex_boards/targets/colorlight_i9plus.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class BaseSoC(SoCCore):
         platform = colorlight_i9plus.Platform(toolchain=toolchain)
 
         # PMOD: uart on P2 (top) -------------------------------------------------------------------
-        if with_pmod_uart:
+        if with_pmod_uart or kwargs.get("uart_name", "") == "serial":
             platform.add_extension(colorlight_i9plus.pmod_uart())
 
         # CRG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------