diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
index d39941c..00e80a8 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 CONFIG_LOGLEVEL=3
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_MISC_INIT=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE=0x800000
 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_IMAGE_TINY=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_FS_EXT4 is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME="u-boot.img"