diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
index 3fb2a7ab54f122cb544bfaa14abcd2645ac8148b..4891bbed6258c78b09c7bd95b693551b38741030 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ CONFIG_IPMI_DEVICE_INTERFACE=y
 CONFIG_IPMI_POWERNV=y
 CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=1024
+CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_DRM=y
 CONFIG_DRM_AST=y
 CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index 3d935969e5a268c9928b9cb8d98df108b88a49d1..bde2cd1005a2502608b91818051b1a62863234a3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=m
 CONFIG_IBM_BSR=m
 CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_MAX_RAW_DEVS=1024
+CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_FB=y
 CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID=y
 CONFIG_FB_OF=y