diff --git a/configs/sama5d2_xplained_mmc_defconfig b/configs/sama5d2_xplained_mmc_defconfig
index 0df3004..600cb0c 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d2_xplained_mmc_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d2_xplained_mmc_defconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x80000
 # CONFIG_SPL_SHARES_INIT_SP_ADDR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK=0x218000
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE=0x80000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE=256
 CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE=276