diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 957bf344c0f533e4ebf0c6248b3ba02caf3d8595..957d3e5aff9e88dd9f3452d50806ed99075044e6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -618,6 +618,15 @@ config CMDLINE
 	  some command-line options at build time by entering them here.  In
 	  most cases you will need to specify the root device here.
 
+config CMDLINE_FORCE
+	bool "Always use the default kernel command string"
+	depends on CMDLINE_BOOL
+	help
+	  Always use the default kernel command string, even if the boot
+	  loader passes other arguments to the kernel.
+	  This is useful if you cannot or don't want to change the
+	  command-line options your boot loader passes to the kernel.
+
 config EXTRA_TARGETS
 	string "Additional default image types"
 	help