diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 84471f9c0..619912117 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ linux (4.19.28-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * [x86,alpha,m68k] binfmt: Disable BINFMT_AOUT, IA32_AOUT, OSF4_COMPAT
   * [x86] Drop fix for #865303, which no longer affects Debian's OpenJDK
   * udeb: Make serial_cs optional in serial-modules
+  * [ppc64el] Disable PCMCIA (fixes FTBFS)
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 12 Mar 2019 15:44:31 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/config/kernelarch-powerpc/config-arch-64-le b/debian/config/kernelarch-powerpc/config-arch-64-le
index f0ad2b371..e26064cea 100644
--- a/debian/config/kernelarch-powerpc/config-arch-64-le
+++ b/debian/config/kernelarch-powerpc/config-arch-64-le
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
 # CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set
 ## end choice
 
+##
+## file: drivers/pcmcia/Kconfig
+##
+# CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set
+
 ##
 ## file: kernel/power/Kconfig
 ##