diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ca39cb0f7..5bdea9572 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ linux (3.16.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Ian Campbell ]
   * [armhf] Remove incomplete list of hardware from image description. See
     https://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel/ARMMP for details.
+  * [armel/kirkwood] Enable CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR for flash access.
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:58:45 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood b/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood
index 3b56af441..cd2455838 100644
--- a/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood
+++ b/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood
@@ -346,6 +346,11 @@ CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ORION=y
 ##
 # CONFIG_MTD_ONENAND is not set
 
+##
+## file: drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Kconfig
+##
+CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=y
+
 ##
 ## file: drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
 ##