diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/malta.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/malta.h
index f2bbf0fc255939c56015cca9c75987d8edda7c06..ab951e6b6654f89c8763e460c180af00474f6c27 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/malta.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/malta.h
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@
 #define MALTA_RESET_BASE	0x1f000500
 #define GORESET			0x42
 
+#define MALTA_FLASH_BASE	0x1fc00000
+
 #endif /* _MIPS_ASM_MALTA_H */
diff --git a/include/configs/qemu-malta.h b/include/configs/qemu-malta.h
index c72c5dd8898c70bb19893a30e73e8f0c940f5f63..436bb4973ba2538458a29f7840fb7324848e4de6 100644
--- a/include/configs/qemu-malta.h
+++ b/include/configs/qemu-malta.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * Memory map
  */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0xbfc00000 /* Rom version */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE		CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE		CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE		0x80000000 /* Cached addr */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MEM_SIZE		(256 * 1024 * 1024)
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@
 /*
  * Flash configuration
  */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE		(KSEG1 | MALTA_FLASH_BASE)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT	128
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI
+#define CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
 
 /*
  * Commands