diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 533de07adc34..e1bb9ea34b6d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_STACKWALK
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC	if PPC_BOOK3S || PPC_8xx || 40x
+	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 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_RELIABLE_STACKTRACE
+	select HAVE_POSIX_CPU_TIMERS_TASK_WORK	if !KVM
 	select HAVE_RSEQ
 	select HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA		if PPC64
 	select HAVE_SOFTIRQ_ON_OWN_STACK