diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1be413a004..2cf383549c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6731,6 +6731,7 @@ case "$target_name" in
     echo "TARGET_ABI32=y" >> $config_target_mak
   ;;
   s390x)
+    mttcg=yes
     gdb_xml_files="s390x-core64.xml s390-acr.xml s390-fpr.xml s390-vx.xml s390-cr.xml s390-virt.xml s390-gs.xml"
   ;;
   tilegx)