diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 637c49d90..abb4aca7f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ linux (4.3-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Ian Campbell ]
   * [armel/orion5x] Enable Device Tree for orion5x. Patch from Roger Shimizu
     (Closes: #803159)
+  * [armel/orion5x] Enable CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250.
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:18:48 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/config/armel/config.orion5x b/debian/config/armel/config.orion5x
index 1e4703ffb..35ef0ff03 100644
--- a/debian/config/armel/config.orion5x
+++ b/debian/config/armel/config.orion5x
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
 CONFIG_ATAGS_PROC=y
 CONFIG_VFP=y
 
+##
+## file: arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
+##
+## choice: Kernel low-level debugging port
+# CONFIG_DEBUG_ICEDCC is not set
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
+## end choice
+
 ##
 ## file: arch/arm/mach-imx/Kconfig
 ##