diff --git a/configs/ls1046ardb_qspi_spl_defconfig b/configs/ls1046ardb_qspi_spl_defconfig
index ac8cd7c..c081b78 100644
--- a/configs/ls1046ardb_qspi_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/ls1046ardb_qspi_spl_defconfig
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_SHARES_INIT_SP_ADDR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK=0x10020000
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MPC8XXX_INIT_DDR=y