diff --git a/debian/arch/powerpc/config.powerpc64 b/debian/arch/powerpc/config.powerpc64
index 010743927..49ffd674e 100644
--- a/debian/arch/powerpc/config.powerpc64
+++ b/debian/arch/powerpc/config.powerpc64
@@ -110,3 +110,5 @@ CONFIG_SPIDER_NET=m
 # CONFIG_LPARCFG is not set
 CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_MIGRATION=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=hvc0 console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0"
+
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d838c0545..27af9a90c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.17-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * [sparc32] Add sparc32-iotlb.patch to fix DMA errors on sparc32.
   * Add myself to uploaders.
 
+  [ Sven Luther ]
+  * [powerpc] Added console=hvc0 default commandline option to powerpc64 flavour.
+
  -- Jurij Smakov <jurij@debian.org>  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:54:59 -0700
 
 linux-2.6 (2.6.17-1) unstable; urgency=low