diff --git a/configs/socrates_defconfig b/configs/socrates_defconfig
index 6215736..60a38ab 100644
--- a/configs/socrates_defconfig
+++ b/configs/socrates_defconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 # CONFIG_BOOTM_PLAN9 is not set
 # CONFIG_BOOTM_RTEMS is not set
 # CONFIG_BOOTM_VXWORKS is not set
+CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN=0x800000
 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DM=y
 CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y