diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
index d5588b1..9458047 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
+#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #endif