diff --git a/board/freescale/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c b/board/freescale/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c
index 4719d985842..50167d546f8 100644
--- a/board/freescale/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c
+++ b/board/freescale/qemu-ppce500/qemu-ppce500.c
@@ -364,3 +364,13 @@ u32 cpu_mask(void)
 {
 	return (1 << cpu_numcores()) - 1;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Return the virtual address of FDT that was passed by QEMU
+ *
+ * @return virtual address of FDT received from QEMU in r3 register
+ */
+void *board_fdt_blob_setup(void)
+{
+	return get_fdt_virt();
+}
diff --git a/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig b/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
index 25fcd419865..4522e18c7ba 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ CONFIG_CMD_PING=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_HASH is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2=y
 CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION=y
+CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
+CONFIG_OF_BOARD=y
 CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
 # CONFIG_MMC is not set
@@ -29,4 +31,3 @@ CONFIG_E1000=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
 CONFIG_ADDR_MAP=y
 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG=y
-CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT=y