diff --git a/sys/powerpc/include/spr.h b/sys/powerpc/include/spr.h
index 5bb3858b0fb..605b1be194d 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/include/spr.h
+++ b/sys/powerpc/include/spr.h
@@ -162,6 +162,11 @@
 #define	  FSCR_DSCR		  0x0000000000000004 /* DSCR available in PR state */
 #define	SPR_UAMOR		0x09d	/* User Authority Mask Override Register */
 #define	SPR_DPDES		0x0b0	/* .6. Directed Privileged Doorbell Exception State Register */
+#define	SPR_HFSCR		0xbe	/* Hypervisor Facility Status and Control Register */
+#define	  HFSCR_BHRB		  0x0000000000000010 /* BHRB instructions */
+#define	  HFSCR_PM		  0x0000000000000008 /* Performance monitor SPRs */
+#define	  HFSCR_VECVSX		  0x0000000000000002 /* Vector and VSX facilities */
+#define	  HFSCR_FP		  0x0000000000000001 /* Floating Point facility */
 #define	SPR_USPRG0		0x100	/* 4.8 User SPR General 0 */
 #define	SPR_VRSAVE		0x100	/* .6. AltiVec VRSAVE */
 #define	SPR_SPRG0		0x110	/* 468 SPR General 0 */
diff --git a/sys/powerpc/powernv/platform_powernv.c b/sys/powerpc/powernv/platform_powernv.c
index e9babc128af..cf524931388 100644
--- a/sys/powerpc/powernv/platform_powernv.c
+++ b/sys/powerpc/powernv/platform_powernv.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ powernv_attach(platform_t plat)
 	phandle_t opal;
 	int res, len, idx;
 	register_t msr;
+	register_t fscr;
 	bool has_lp;
 
 	/* Ping OPAL again just to make sure */
@@ -180,6 +181,11 @@ powernv_attach(platform_t plat)
 	mtspr(SPR_LPCR, lpcr);
 	isync();
 
+	fscr = mfspr(SPR_HFSCR);
+	fscr |= FSCR_TAR | FSCR_EBB | HFSCR_BHRB | HFSCR_PM |
+	    HFSCR_VECVSX | HFSCR_FP | FSCR_MSGP | FSCR_DSCR;
+	mtspr(SPR_HFSCR, fscr);
+
 	mtmsr(msr);
 
 	powernv_cpuref_init();