diff --git a/configs/udoo_neo_defconfig b/configs/udoo_neo_defconfig
index fff11bb..e5ba2f3 100644
--- a/configs/udoo_neo_defconfig
+++ b/configs/udoo_neo_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run findfdt; run distro_bootcmd"
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_EXT4=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME="u-boot-dtb.img"