diff --git a/include/configs/microblaze-generic.h b/include/configs/microblaze-generic.h
index aa8d59d6e91d6358648f9ea151c15d0de9d1a5be..35e5a4acfabaf85f154b834592029f06572b51b7 100644
--- a/include/configs/microblaze-generic.h
+++ b/include/configs/microblaze-generic.h
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@
 # define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT	512
 /* hardware flash protection */
 # define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
-
+/* use buffered writes (20x faster) */
+# define	CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE	1
 # ifdef	RAMENV
 #  define CONFIG_ENV_IS_NOWHERE	1
 #  define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE	0x1000