diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 433461647..cb6d3288d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ linux (3.10-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * debian/rules.real: Remove support for pre-multiarch dpkg
   * Update policy version to 3.9.4
     - debian/control: Put xen-linux-system-* in the 'metapackages' section
+  * linux-source: Add bc to recommended packages (Closes: #715413)
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:58:08 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index e1089281a..4229740bf 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Section: kernel
 Provides: linux-source
 Depends: binutils, bzip2, ${misc:Depends}
-Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make
+Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make, bc
 Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, libqt4-dev, pkg-config
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Description: Linux kernel source for version @version@ with Debian patches