diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index 3d42aac17919aa6d4bdb739dee97562a8142ee88..84a685a505fe115a39ebfbe99ce3baa399bf85d3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -443,6 +443,8 @@ CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U=m
 CONFIG_CRC_T10DIF=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
+CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
+CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y
 # CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR is not set
 CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index f8ac37efe7c52f563bc210d3cc151f39c0b41077..96a58b709705ccae5e071aa474f19b7f1a506ce0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
 CONFIG_CRC_T10DIF=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
+CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
+CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 # CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR is not set
 CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y