diff --git a/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go b/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
index 6cd7eb1104..57f2024a0c 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/qemu_ppc64le.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const defaultQemuPath = "/usr/bin/qemu-system-ppc64le"
 
 const defaultQemuMachineType = QemuPseries
 
-const defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,usb=off,cap-cfpc=broken,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=broken"
+const defaultQemuMachineOptions = "accel=kvm,usb=off,cap-cfpc=broken,cap-sbbc=broken,cap-ibs=broken,cap-large-decr=off"
 
 const defaultMemMaxPPC64le = 32256 // Restrict MemMax to 32Gb on PPC64le