diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h b/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h
index 20a5f6e19ec3312026a3fb8e378c3c893ac4e776..fe63d80ed5e35287db4aadeb8a2959aae333176d 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3xek.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
+#define CONFIG_SPL_GENERATE_ATMEL_PMECC_HEADER
 
 #elif CONFIG_SYS_USE_SERIALFLASH
 #define CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT