diff --git a/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA b/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA
index c0e5cdbd07b4..3731eadf6ec4 100644
--- a/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA
+++ b/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as /, requires NFSCL
 options 	PSEUDOFS		#Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
 
+options 	TMPFS			#Efficient memory filesystem
+
 options 	FFS			#Berkeley Fast Filesystem
 options 	SOFTUPDATES		#Enable FFS soft updates support
 options 	UFS_ACL			#Support for access control lists