diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6b34c25a9..af96962fe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ linux (4.19~rc3-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * linux-perf: Fix generation of Perl and Python interpreter dependencies
     (Closes: #908547)
   * lockdep, lib{cpupower,lockdep}-dev: Remove bogus deps on ${shlibs:Depends}
+  * debian/rules.d/tools/power/linux-cpupower: Add "+" to recursive make
+    commands
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:25:53 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules.d/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile b/debian/rules.d/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
index 7cb91da9a..c43bd62f1 100644
--- a/debian/rules.d/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
+++ b/debian/rules.d/tools/power/cpupower/Makefile
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ MAKE_CPUPOWER += PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='Debian\ \(reportbug\ linux-cpupower\)'
 MAKE_CPUPOWER += libdir=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 
 all:
-	$(MAKE_CPUPOWER) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/power/cpupower
+	+$(MAKE_CPUPOWER) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/power/cpupower
 
 install:
-	$(MAKE_CPUPOWER) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/power/cpupower install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+	+$(MAKE_CPUPOWER) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/power/cpupower install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
 ifneq (,$(filter nodoc,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)))
 	rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man
 endif
 
 clean:
-	$(MAKE_CPUPOWER) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/power/cpupower clean
+	+$(MAKE_CPUPOWER) -C $(top_srcdir)/tools/power/cpupower clean