diff --git a/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig b/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
index 04944fb4fa7aea726f12c1603d748ea73b611250..87cb6d13e868a6a1d7dc5e34680f6de59626300b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
+CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y
+CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
diff --git a/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig b/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig
index 1a911ed8e772890f862655b55f1131a77f45d51c..d5449ef805a340eba735b3ac7a1688cbdcd2b30e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
+CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y
+CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y