diff --git a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
index 40f2cdca..a1b13fab 100644
--- a/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
+++ b/meta-fri2/conf/machine/fri2.conf
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@ APPEND += "console=ttyPCH1,115200 console=tty0"
 
 # EFI boot will ignore this and use the EFI framebuffer at 800x600
 APPEND += "video=vesafb vga=0x318"
+
+# EMGD kernel driver needs at least 256MB of vmalloc space
+APPEND += "vmalloc=256MB"