diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 1bd5a9f..3d72545 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 	select ARCH_STACKWALK
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC	if PPC_BOOK3S || PPC_8xx
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT			if HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF		if PPC64
 	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI		if PPC64
 	select HAVE_PERF_REGS
 	select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
+	select HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK	if !KVM
 	select HAVE_RETHOOK			if KPROBES
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE