diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index ece1c01ddb2f..56da47247fcc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF if PPC64
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
+	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if PPC64 && CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 
 config GENERIC_CSUM
 	def_bool CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN