diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
index d0866c0..d37ca0f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <asm/arch/mmc_host_def.h>
 #include <i2c.h>
 #include <image.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@
 	u32 boot_device;
 	debug(">>spl:board_init_r()\n");
 
+	mem_malloc_init(CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START,
+			CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE);
+
 	timer_init();
 	i2c_init(CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE);
 
diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index ae795e0..1b672ad 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
 endif
 
 COBJS-y += console.o
+COBJS-y += dlmalloc.o
 COBJS-y += memsize.o
 COBJS-y += stdio.o
 
diff --git a/include/configs/omap4_common.h b/include/configs/omap4_common.h
index e7749ac..f535769 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap4_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap4_common.h
@@ -253,6 +253,16 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0x80000000
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x80000		/* 512 KB */
+/*
+ * 1MB into the SDRAM to allow for SPL's bss at the beginning of SDRAM
+ * 64 bytes before this address should be set aside for u-boot.img's
+ * header. That is 0x800FFFC0--0x80100000 should not be used for any
+ * other needs.
+ */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x80100000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START	0x80200000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE	0x100000	/* 1 MB */
+
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR	0x300 /* address 0x60000 */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS	0x200 /* 256 KB */
@@ -268,12 +278,4 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT "arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/u-boot-spl.lds"
 
-/*
- * 1MB into the SDRAM to allow for SPL's bss at the beginning of SDRAM
- * 64 bytes before this address should be set aside for u-boot.img's
- * header. That is 0x800FFFC0--0x80100000 should not be used for any
- * other needs.
- */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x80100000
-
 #endif /* __CONFIG_OMAP4_COMMON_H */