diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/ChangeLog
index ad98a69970..f914256629 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-05-16	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
+
+	* include/bsp.h: define CONFIGURE_MALLOC_BSP_SUPPORTS_SBRK
+
 2011-02-02	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* configure.ac: Require autoconf-2.68, automake-1.11.1.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/include/bsp.h b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/include/bsp.h
index 926f81ee5e..8cd0bfe3ab 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/include/bsp.h
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/beatnik/include/bsp.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ BSP_getDiscoveryVersion(int assertion);
  */
 #define BSP_INTERRUPT_STACK_SIZE          (16 * 1024)
 
+#define CONFIGURE_MALLOC_BSP_SUPPORTS_SBRK
+
 /*
  *  base address definitions for several devices
  */