diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet_base.config b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet_base.config
index b568d465e59e..1c40de1e764b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet_base.config
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet_base.config
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_CORENET_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_PPC_QEMU_E500=y