diff --git a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
index d1c390f4f8..7a95cb888a 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_EXT_SUPPORT
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD	/* Thumbs mode to save space in SPL */
 #endif
 
 /* General parts of the framework, required. */