diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2189accbf..61fa6609d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ linux (3.11.5-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     linux-headers and linux-source
   * hwmon: Enable SENSORS_JC42, SENSORS_NCT6775 as modules (Closes: #722062)
   * compiler/gcc4: Add quirk for 'asm goto' miscompilation bug
+  * [arm64] Build a linux-libc-dev package (Closes: #695241)
 
   [ Ian Campbell ]
   * [armhf] Enable CONFIG_PCI for multiplatform flavour.
diff --git a/debian/config/arm64/defines b/debian/config/arm64/defines
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d201ee90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/config/arm64/defines
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[base]
+kernel-arch: arm64
+featuresets:
+# empty; we don't have initramfs working yet
diff --git a/debian/config/defines b/debian/config/defines
index 309f8ed9c..59a6a1cc3 100644
--- a/debian/config/defines
+++ b/debian/config/defines
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ abiname: trunk
 arches:
  alpha
  amd64
+ arm64
  armel
  armhf
  hppa