diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index b4a586123853..24e023da4d2e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_STATIC_CALL			if PPC32
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
 	select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING
+	select HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN
 	select HUGETLB_PAGE_SIZE_VARIABLE	if PPC_BOOK3S_64 && HUGETLB_PAGE
 	select IOMMU_HELPER			if PPC64
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN