diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index b27e436b0d..67832127d9 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -307,7 +307,11 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_DEFCONFIG),y)
 LINUX_KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG))_defconfig
 else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc64le),y)
+LINUX_KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG = ppc64le_defconfig
+else
 LINUX_KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG = defconfig
+endif
 else ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG),y)
 LINUX_KCONFIG_FILE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE))
 endif