diff --git a/config-armv7-generic b/config-armv7-generic
index a11d454c2..f1d7bf040 100644
--- a/config-armv7-generic
+++ b/config-armv7-generic
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_GOV_MENU=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=32768
 CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=32768
 
+CONFIG_ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER=y
+
 CONFIG_XZ_DEC_ARM=y
 
 # Power management
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index d0f175c12..ebdf1310e 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -2092,6 +2092,9 @@ fi
 #                                    ||----w |
 #                                    ||     ||
 %changelog
+* Sat Jan 18 2014 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org>
+- Enable ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER on ARM used by a number of Cortex-A9 and later platforms
+
 * Thu Jan 16 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org> - 3.13.0-0.rc8.git3.1
 - Linux v3.13-rc8-46-g85ce70f