diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 54d77a5..ce431b4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@
 	help
 	  The Freescale E600 SoCs have 74xx cores.
 
+config PPC_8xx
+	bool "Freescale 8xx"
+	select FSL_SOC
+	select 8xx
+
 config 40x
 	bool "AMCC 40x"
 	select PPC_DCR_NATIVE
@@ -181,8 +186,6 @@
 	bool "AMCC 44x"
 	select PPC_DCR_NATIVE
 
-config 8xx
-	bool "Freescale 8xx"
 
 config E200
 	bool "Freescale e200"
@@ -211,6 +214,10 @@
 	bool
 
 # this is temp to handle compat with arch=ppc
+config 8xx
+	bool
+
+# this is temp to handle compat with arch=ppc
 config 83xx
 	bool