diff --git a/configs/socfpga_agilex_defconfig b/configs/socfpga_agilex_defconfig
index 0953ea1..ab85359 100644
--- a/configs/socfpga_agilex_defconfig
+++ b/configs/socfpga_agilex_defconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x100000
 # CONFIG_SPL_SHARES_INIT_SP_ADDR is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK=0xffe3f000
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
+CONFIG_HAS_CUSTOM_SPL_MALLOC_START=y
+CONFIG_CUSTOM_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_ADDR=0x3fa00000
+CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE=0x500000
 CONFIG_SPL_CACHE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_LOAD=y
 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_U_BOOT_OFFS=0x3c00000