diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
index 51675f5000d6..6768c1682671 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
+CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_MACH_LOONGSON64=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_256=y