diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index 46515c83a..1844e40fe 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET_DEFAULT_JAVA_LIBRARIES),)
   TARGET_DEFAULT_JAVA_LIBRARIES := core core-junit ext framework framework2
 endif
 
+TARGET_CPU_SMP ?= true
+
 # Flags for DEX2OAT
 DEX2OAT_TARGET_ARCH := $(TARGET_ARCH)
 DEX2OAT_TARGET_CPU_VARIANT := $(TARGET_CPU_VARIANT)