diff --git a/configs/sabre-6quad/README.txt b/configs/sabre-6quad/README.txt
index 2cc5bc5dee9..84571090f7f 100644
--- a/configs/sabre-6quad/README.txt
+++ b/configs/sabre-6quad/README.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ With this change, the NSH serial console works:
 But there are still no timer interrupts.  LEDs do not appear to be working.
 
 2016-05-17:  Timer interrupts now work.  This turned out to be just a minor
-bit setting error in the timer configuration.
+bit setting error in the timer configuration.  Timer appears to be too fast
+be about a factor of three, however.
+
+LEDs were not working simply because board_autoled_initialize() was not being
+called in the board startup logic.
 
 Platform Features
 =================
diff --git a/configs/sabre-6quad/src/imx_boardinit.c b/configs/sabre-6quad/src/imx_boardinit.c
index e287ed2c867..7fa71f32380 100644
--- a/configs/sabre-6quad/src/imx_boardinit.c
+++ b/configs/sabre-6quad/src/imx_boardinit.c
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@
 
 void imx_board_initialize(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_LEDS
+  /* Configure on-board LEDs if LED support has been selected. */
+
+  board_autoled_initialize();
+#endif
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************