diff --git a/include/configs/qemu-arm.h b/include/configs/qemu-arm.h
index fb599c9510..1ef75a8783 100644
--- a/include/configs/qemu-arm.h
+++ b/include/configs/qemu-arm.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + SZ_2M)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		SZ_16M
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN		SZ_64M
+
 /* For timer, QEMU emulates an ARMv7/ARMv8 architected timer */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_HZ                       1000