diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b7434dc04..19bed6091 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.23~rc5-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Aurelien Jarno ]
   * [mips, mipsel] Add a 64-bit image (5kc-malta) for the MIPS Malta board.
     (closes: #435677)
+    [sparc] Enable r8169 module on sparc64 and sparc64-smp flavours (closes:
+    #431977)
 
   [ Frederik Schüler ]
   * Move all PATA options into the global config file, exept PATA_ARTOP
diff --git a/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64 b/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64
index 760960844..8e17584a6 100644
--- a/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64
+++ b/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_BUF=m
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415=m
 CONFIG_RTC=y
 CONFIG_YELLOWFIN=m
+CONFIG_R8169=m
 CONFIG_SERIAL_SUNHV=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set
 # CONFIG_DEFXX is not set
diff --git a/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64-smp b/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64-smp
index 9cf89b1ee..edaa29774 100644
--- a/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64-smp
+++ b/debian/config/sparc/config.sparc64-smp
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ CONFIG_VIDEO_BUF=m
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415=m
 CONFIG_RTC=y
 CONFIG_YELLOWFIN=m
+CONFIG_R8169=m
 CONFIG_SERIAL_SUNHV=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SATA is not set
 # CONFIG_DEFXX is not set