diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 4740b0a15fa89b220dd3e36aa7a39b3f5d25dc02..799d758f42c49dfd441c97cf60adcfb16426a9c3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ config PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
        bool "Transactional Memory support for POWERPC"
        depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
        depends on SMP
+       select ALTIVEC
+       select VSX
        default n
        ---help---
          Support user-mode Transactional Memory on POWERPC.