diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bde6f9a8b..efad323ba 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ linux (3.2.19-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * [i386] thp: avoid atomic64_read in pmd_read_atomic for 32bit PAE
     (Closes: #676360)
 
+  [ Bastian Blank ]
+  * [s390/s390x,s390x/s390x] Build debugging symbols.
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:31:53 +0100
 
 linux-2.6 (3.2.19-1) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/config/s390/defines b/debian/config/s390/defines
index 222bca46d..6fe38f5ba 100644
--- a/debian/config/s390/defines
+++ b/debian/config/s390/defines
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ initramfs: false
 override-localversion: s390
 type: plain-s390-tape
 
+[s390x_build]
+debug-info: true
+
 [s390x_description]
 hardware: IBM zSeries
 parts: reader
diff --git a/debian/config/s390x/defines b/debian/config/s390x/defines
index 7adbe89ec..8a968b75d 100644
--- a/debian/config/s390x/defines
+++ b/debian/config/s390x/defines
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ part-short-tape: IPL from tape
 bootloaders: s390-tools
 configs: s390/config
 
+[s390x_build]
+debug-info: true
+
 [s390x_description]
 hardware: IBM zSeries
 parts: reader