diff --git a/configs/chiliboard_defconfig b/configs/chiliboard_defconfig
index 3b8fdd4..849d751 100644
--- a/configs/chiliboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/chiliboard_defconfig
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="am335x-chiliboard.dtb"
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_MISC_INIT=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE=0x800000
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS=y
 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC=y