diff --git a/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig b/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
index 3e734e57c4a..24999ca705f 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_PPC=y
 CONFIG_TEXT_BASE=0xf00000
+CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x800
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x2000
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="qemu-ppce500"