diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 497b7d0b2d7e..29d00b3959b9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -264,8 +264,9 @@ config PANIC_TIMEOUT
 	default 180
 
 config COMPAT
-	bool
-	default y if PPC64
+	bool "Enable support for 32bit binaries"
+	depends on PPC64
+	default y if !CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 	select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
 	select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
 	select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION