diff --git a/configs/x530_defconfig b/configs/x530_defconfig
index be05d8e..61f61e4 100644
--- a/configs/x530_defconfig
+++ b/configs/x530_defconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x22fd0
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x4000
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE=256
 CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE=276