diff --git a/cc3200/mpconfigport.h b/cc3200/mpconfigport.h
index 0b16d730d0..bf3e691bd8 100644
--- a/cc3200/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/cc3200/mpconfigport.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 // options to control how Micro Python is built
 
 #define MICROPY_ALLOC_PATH_MAX                      (128)
+#define MICROPY_PERSISTENT_CODE_LOAD                (1)
 #define MICROPY_EMIT_THUMB                          (0)
 #define MICROPY_EMIT_INLINE_THUMB                   (0)
 #define MICROPY_COMP_MODULE_CONST                   (1)