diff --git a/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/nand-x1000.c b/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/nand-x1000.c
index 54a1d11d95..df86bebf4d 100644
--- a/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/nand-x1000.c
+++ b/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/nand-x1000.c
@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@
 /* Defined by target */
 extern const nand_chip_desc target_nand_chip_descs[];
 
-/* Globals for the driver
- * TODO: get rid of pagebuffer in the SPL to save code size
- */
-static unsigned char pagebuffer[NAND_MAX_PAGE_SIZE] CACHEALIGN_ATTR;
-static unsigned char auxbuffer[NAND_AUX_BUFFER_SIZE] CACHEALIGN_ATTR;
+#ifdef BOOTLOADER_SPL
+# define NANDBUFFER_ATTR __attribute__((section(".sdram"))) CACHEALIGN_ATTR
+#else
+# define NANDBUFFER_ATTR CACHEALIGN_ATTR
+#endif
+
+/* Globals for the driver */
+static unsigned char pagebuffer[NAND_MAX_PAGE_SIZE] NANDBUFFER_ATTR;
+static unsigned char auxbuffer[NAND_AUX_BUFFER_SIZE] NANDBUFFER_ATTR;
 static nand_drv nand_driver;
 
 static void nand_drv_reset(nand_drv* d)
diff --git a/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/spl.lds b/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/spl.lds
index 2a0b6b3eaa..ab4a2720f3 100644
--- a/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/spl.lds
+++ b/firmware/target/mips/ingenic_x1000/spl.lds
@@ -5,13 +5,20 @@ OUTPUT_ARCH(MIPS)
 ENTRY(_start)
 STARTUP(target/mips/ingenic_x1000/crt0.o)
 
+#define DRAMORIG 0x80000000
+#define DRAMSIZE (MEMORYSIZE * 0x100000)
+#define USED_DRAM 16K
+
 /* TCSM is 16 KiB and is mapped starting at address 0xf4000000.
  *
  * The SPL is loaded to TCSM + 0x1000. The area below that is stack space.
  * The first 2 KiB of SPL is just headers. The code begins at TCSM + 0x1800.
  * The maskrom will jump to that address (via jalr) after loading the SPL.
  */
-MEMORY { TCSM : ORIGIN = 0xf4001800, LENGTH = 0x2800 }
+MEMORY {
+    TCSM : ORIGIN = 0xf4001800, LENGTH = 0x2800
+    DRAM : ORIGIN = DRAMORIG + DRAMSIZE - USED_DRAM, LENGTH = USED_DRAM
+}
 
 SECTIONS
 {
@@ -44,4 +51,9 @@ SECTIONS
         *(.scommon*);
         _bssend = .;
     } > TCSM
+
+    .sdram (NOLOAD) :
+    {
+        *(.sdram);
+    } > DRAM
 }