diff --git a/config-powerpc64le b/config-powerpc64le
index 48c8c0d8a..7d9f3fc3a 100644
--- a/config-powerpc64le
+++ b/config-powerpc64le
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 
 CONFIG_POWER7_CPU=y
+
+# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Checkpoint_Restore
+CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y