diff --git a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v5/px4fmu_init.c b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v5/px4fmu_init.c
index 74a2ebfe54..a3df7b5e84 100644
--- a/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v5/px4fmu_init.c
+++ b/src/drivers/boards/px4fmu-v5/px4fmu_init.c
@@ -229,6 +229,11 @@ stm32_boardinitialize(void)
 
 	stm32_spiinitialize();
 
+	/* Power on the SD Card */
+
+	SD_CARD_POWER_CTRL(true);
+
+
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************