diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 60fb3280f..729067f12 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -112,5 +112,13 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.12-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       to subscribe to debian-sparc mailing list.
       (Jurij Smakov)
 
+  * [amd64]
+    - Now using the default compiler (gcc-4.0), thus we get rid of the 
+      annoying MAKEFLAGS="CC=gcc-3.4" make-kpkg... invocation for third-party 
+      modules.
+      This release lacks 64bit kernels for i386 userland; support will be
+      added in a later release as soon as the toolchain has stabilized again.
+      (Frederik Schüler)
+
  -- Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:54:16 +0300