diff --git a/configs/socfpga_socrates_defconfig b/configs/socfpga_socrates_defconfig
index b47a560..56284a1 100644
--- a/configs/socfpga_socrates_defconfig
+++ b/configs/socfpga_socrates_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SOCFPGA=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
+CONFIG_USE_TINY_PRINTF=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM=y
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_SOCFPGA_EBV_SOCRATES=y