diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 21c284e32bbe..c2e39f66b182 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
+CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING=y
+CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_le_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_le_defconfig
index 3805ade3292b..09bc96e792cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_le_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_le_defconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
+CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING=y
+CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_DEVICE=y