diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index afdb57639..0591b2046 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ linux-2.6 (3.2.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Arnaud Patard ]
   * Merge ixp4xx oops fix when probing mtd.
 
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * Change linux-image dependencies to allow kmod as an alternative to
+    module-init-tools
+
  -- Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:22:07 +0100
 
 linux-2.6 (3.2.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in b/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
index 7db2ceffb..133645691 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.image.type-plain.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: linux-image-@abiname@@localversion@
 Provides: linux-image, linux-modules-@abiname@@localversion@
 Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
-Depends: module-init-tools, linux-base (>= 3~), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: kmod | module-init-tools, linux-base (>= 3~), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: firmware-linux-free (>= 3~)
 Suggests: linux-doc-@version@
 Description: Linux @upstreamversion@ for @class@