diff --git a/configs/sama5d2_xplained_spiflash_defconfig b/configs/sama5d2_xplained_spiflash_defconfig
index 323846c..0041294 100644
--- a/configs/sama5d2_xplained_spiflash_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sama5d2_xplained_spiflash_defconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 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_SPL_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_LOAD=y
 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_U_BOOT_OFFS=0x10000