diff --git a/ports/esp32/boards/TINYPICO/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/esp32/boards/TINYPICO/mpconfigboard.mk
index 59aa75f857..2efdba0f39 100644
--- a/ports/esp32/boards/TINYPICO/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/esp32/boards/TINYPICO/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+FLASH_FREQ = 80m
+
 SDKCONFIG += boards/sdkconfig.base
 SDKCONFIG += boards/sdkconfig.spiram
+SDKCONFIG += boards/TINYPICO/sdkconfig.board
diff --git a/ports/esp32/boards/TINYPICO/sdkconfig.board b/ports/esp32/boards/TINYPICO/sdkconfig.board
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea4fc9b5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/esp32/boards/TINYPICO/sdkconfig.board
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_FLASHMODE_QIO=y
+CONFIG_ESPTOOLPY_FLASHFREQ_80M=y
+CONFIG_SPIRAM_SPEED_80M=y