diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/fsl-emb-nonhw.config b/arch/powerpc/configs/fsl-emb-nonhw.config
index e0567dc4196873347cd37a4d264cdd909272dd5e..d592ba27b122de0fa6b2420d3595b4ffd17955b2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/fsl-emb-nonhw.config
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/fsl-emb-nonhw.config
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA256=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA512=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y