diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
index a967d95603cb..99e51d059a02 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ config IRQ_RELEASE_METHOD
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config HZ
+	int
+	default 100
+
 menu "UML-specific options"
 
 config STATIC_LINK
diff --git a/include/asm-um/param.h b/include/asm-um/param.h
index f914e7d67b01..4cd4a226f8c1 100644
--- a/include/asm-um/param.h
+++ b/include/asm-um/param.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #define MAXHOSTNAMELEN  64      /* max length of hostname */
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-#define HZ 100
+#define HZ CONFIG_HZ
 #define USER_HZ	100	   /* .. some user interfaces are in "ticks" */
 #define CLOCKS_PER_SEC (USER_HZ)  /* frequency at which times() counts */
 #endif