diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile
index d40300a65b42..a32a6ab89914 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := gettimeofday context_switch fork mmap_bench futex_bench null_syscall
 TEST_GEN_FILES := exec_target
 
+TEST_FILES := settings
+
 CFLAGS += -O2
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/settings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7b9417537fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/settings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timeout=0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
index 5df476364b4d..cfa6eedcb66c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := dscr_default_test dscr_explicit_test dscr_user_test	\
 	      dscr_inherit_test dscr_inherit_exec_test dscr_sysfs_test	\
 	      dscr_sysfs_thread_test
 
+TEST_FILES := settings
+
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
 include ../../lib.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/settings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7b9417537fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/dscr/settings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timeout=0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/Makefile
index 63b57583e07d..932a032bf036 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ CFLAGS += -maltivec
 $(OUTPUT)/signal_tm: CFLAGS += -mhtm
 $(OUTPUT)/sigfuz: CFLAGS += -pthread -m64
 
+TEST_FILES := settings
+
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
 include ../../lib.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/settings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7b9417537fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/signal/settings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timeout=0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
index b1d99736f8b8..0b0db8d3857c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := tm-resched-dscr tm-syscall tm-signal-msr-resv tm-signal-stack
 	$(SIGNAL_CONTEXT_CHK_TESTS) tm-sigreturn tm-signal-sigreturn-nt \
 	tm-signal-context-force-tm tm-poison tm-signal-pagefault
 
+TEST_FILES := settings
+
 top_srcdir = ../../../../..
 include ../../lib.mk
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/settings
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7b9417537fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/settings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timeout=0