diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
index 782822c32d15..53741f402078 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
 # CONFIG_EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED is not set
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
 CONFIG_TMPFS=y
+CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
 # CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS is not set
 CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION=y