diff --git a/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk b/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
index 2e1cffc812..f5b63f85d6 100644
--- a/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
+++ b/src/runtime/arch/ppc64le-options.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 MACHINETYPE := pseries
 KERNELPARAMS :=
 MACHINEACCELERATORS := "cap-cfpc=broken,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=broken,cap-large-decr=off,cap-ccf-assist=off"
-CPUFEATURES := pmu=off
+CPUFEATURES :=
 KERNELTYPE := uncompressed #This architecture must use an uncompressed kernel.
 QEMUCMD := qemu-system-ppc64