diff --git a/include/configs/tam3517-common.h b/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
index 30bc2be74d13a6bb7093f5113763016ba6cd20f0..af5cca649a59221ebe59ea691b8167d215653e56 100644
--- a/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/tam3517-common.h
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		256
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
 #define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_GPMC_PREFETCH
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE