diff --git a/configs/gwventana_emmc_defconfig b/configs/gwventana_emmc_defconfig
index f0e7204..ef2ee77 100644
--- a/configs/gwventana_emmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/gwventana_emmc_defconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 CONFIG_PCI_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_IMAGE_TINY=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DMA=y
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y