diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b18ca0c1a..57172ebe5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ linux (3.14.8-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   [ Aurelien Jarno ]
   * [arm64] Enable COMPAT to support 32-bit binaries.
+  * [mipsel] Enable initramfs for all flavours, but keep the disk related
+    drivers built-in for now.
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:44:33 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/mipsel/defines b/debian/config/mipsel/defines
index d3123dbac..d0ef55c9a 100644
--- a/debian/config/mipsel/defines
+++ b/debian/config/mipsel/defines
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ kernel-arch: mips
 image-file: vmlinux
 
 [image]
-initramfs: false
+initramfs: true
 install-stem: vmlinux
 
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