diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 15c495eaa..4acc62358 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ linux (4.14~rc3-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - buddha, falconide, gayle, macide, q40ide
   * [m68k] udeb: Add missing SCSI drivers to scsi-modules:
     - a2091, a3000, a4000t, bvme6000_scsi, gvp11, mvme16x_scsi, zorro7xx
+  * [m68k] Build uncompressed kernel image by default.
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Wed, 04 Oct 2017 01:44:24 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/m68k/defines b/debian/config/m68k/defines
index dcaef9788..5427964a5 100644
--- a/debian/config/m68k/defines
+++ b/debian/config/m68k/defines
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ flavours:
 kernel-arch: m68k
 
 [build]
-image-file: vmlinux.gz
+image-file: vmlinux
 # linux-signed only works for architectures in the main archive
 signed-modules: false
 
 [image]
 suggests: vmelilo, fdutils
-install-stem: vmlinuz
+install-stem: vmlinux
 
 [m68k_description]
 hardware: Motorola MC68020+ family