diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 43d0cb19ef6ad839c391e2ad8aa65a0c425de60d..4f27e5519296f9a2866e9b59ba49fc3001855bd2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ config SGI_IP27_RTC
 
 config GEN_RTC
 	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
-	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM
+	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !PPC64
 	---help---
 	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you