diff --git a/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk b/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
index 821e4f6835..9ce0a253cb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
+++ b/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 
 MACHINETYPE := pseries
 KERNELPARAMS :=
-MACHINEACCELERATORS :=
+MACHINEACCELERATORS := "cap-cfpc=broken,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=broken,cap-large-decr=off,cap-ccf-assist=off"
 KERNELTYPE := uncompressed #This architecture must use an uncompressed kernel.
 QEMUCMD := qemu-system-ppc64
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
index 4f15ef8592..fdddadcf26 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const defaultQemuPath = "/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64"
 
 const defaultQemuMachineType = QemuPseries
 
-const defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,usb=off,cap-cfpc=broken,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=broken,cap-large-decr=off"
+const defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,usb=off"
 
 const defaultMemMaxPPC64le = 32256 // Restrict MemMax to 32Gb on PPC64le