diff --git a/common/spl/Kconfig b/common/spl/Kconfig
index 72c7165dc2403c0cf10a1af54f4efbd61fb62447..10605f1bab75a846de45cd6d5a3c807f85d26750 100644
--- a/common/spl/Kconfig
+++ b/common/spl/Kconfig
@@ -1529,6 +1529,16 @@ config TPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
 	  Enable support for using SPI flash in TPL. See SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
 	  for details.
 
+config TPL_SPI_FLASH_TINY
+	bool "Enable low footprint TPL SPI Flash support"
+	depends on TPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT && !SPI_FLASH_BAR
+	default y if SPI_FLASH
+	help
+	 Enable lightweight TPL SPI Flash support that supports just reading
+	 data/images from flash. No support to write/erase flash. Enable
+	 this if you have TPL size limitations and don't need full-fledged
+	 SPI flash support.
+
 config TPL_SPI_LOAD
 	bool "Support loading from SPI flash"
 	depends on TPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/spi/Makefile
index 952fd1e45a17ecd75c85d037252c9f07cf09c422..99cc4185522331af8d6597f8670c4c2892615790 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spi-nor-y := sf_probe.o spi-nor-ids.o
 
 ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_SPI_BOOT)	+= fsl_espi_spl.o
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_TINY),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)SPI_FLASH_TINY),y)
 spi-nor-y += spi-nor-tiny.o
 else
 spi-nor-y += spi-nor-core.o