diff --git a/default-configs/targets/ppc-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/targets/ppc-softmmu.mak
index ef69037..f4eef18 100644
--- a/default-configs/targets/ppc-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/targets/ppc-softmmu.mak
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 TARGET_ARCH=ppc
 TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN=y
 TARGET_XML_FILES= gdb-xml/power-core.xml gdb-xml/power-fpu.xml gdb-xml/power-altivec.xml gdb-xml/power-spe.xml
+TARGET_NEED_FDT=y