diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index f6c02f8cdc62bd6f92a231e2afad8985074b7351..b9b769e4a23e9b6a822cdd8a93633a8c88176e0d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CONFIG_HZ_100=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC=y
+CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
 CONFIG_IRQ_ALL_CPUS=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y