diff --git a/configs/omap3_beagle_defconfig b/configs/omap3_beagle_defconfig
index abd15b4..5479380 100644
--- a/configs/omap3_beagle_defconfig
+++ b/configs/omap3_beagle_defconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0xec00
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE=0x800000
 # CONFIG_SPL_FS_EXT4 is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_MTD_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS=y