diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index 535711fcb13c5..2156e077859b9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
 CONFIG_HFS_FS=m
 CONFIG_HFSPLUS_FS=m
 CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS=m
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XATTR=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZLIB=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y
 CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
 CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index a72f2415a6470..30e7d0d20e495 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
 CONFIG_TMPFS=y
 CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
 CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS=m
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XATTR=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZLIB=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y
 CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
 CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL=y