diff --git a/configs/brsmarc1_defconfig b/configs/brsmarc1_defconfig
index 9739785..3134d3b 100644
--- a/configs/brsmarc1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/brsmarc1_defconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 CONFIG_ARCH_MISC_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_RAW_IMAGE_SUPPORT is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE=0x500000
 # CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT is not set