diff --git a/config-arm64 b/config-arm64
index 0310d91c9..dcc10155c 100644
--- a/config-arm64
+++ b/config-arm64
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_XGENE=y
 # CONFIG_AMBA_PL08X is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB=y
-# CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES is not set
-CONFIG_COMPAT=y
+CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES=y
+# CONFIG_COMPAT is not set
 
 CONFIG_BCMA_POSSIBLE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE=0
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 53d1827c1..194396c1d 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -2230,6 +2230,10 @@ fi
 #                                    ||----w |
 #                                    ||     ||
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 06 2014 Kyle McMartin <kyle@fedoraproject.org>
+- enable 64K pages on arm64... (presently) needed to boot on amd seattle
+  platforms due to physical memory being unreachable.
+
 * Mon Oct 06 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org> - 3.17.0-1
 - Linux v3.17