diff --git a/configs/display5_factory_defconfig b/configs/display5_factory_defconfig
index 9c3965c..eab9c7c 100644
--- a/configs/display5_factory_defconfig
+++ b/configs/display5_factory_defconfig
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="echo SDP Display5 recovery"
 CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
 # CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_DMA=y
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y