diff --git a/target-ppc/translate_init.c b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
index 5f5a8ad7c6..d764bbdbf0 100644
--- a/target-ppc/translate_init.c
+++ b/target-ppc/translate_init.c
@@ -9313,6 +9313,7 @@ static void ppc_cpu_reset(CPUState *s)
 #if defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
     msr |= (target_ulong)1 << MSR_FP; /* Allow floating point usage */
     msr |= (target_ulong)1 << MSR_VR; /* Allow altivec usage */
+    msr |= (target_ulong)1 << MSR_VSX; /* Allow VSX usage */
     msr |= (target_ulong)1 << MSR_SPE; /* Allow SPE usage */
     msr |= (target_ulong)1 << MSR_PR;
 #if !defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)