diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index bb8d4e4..05582af 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=17
+CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y