diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index 804eb56ec..74d620fc0 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -2760,6 +2760,11 @@ CONFIG_XFS_RT=y
 CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
 CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=""
 # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
+## choice: Kernel compression mode
+CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 is not set
+# CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA is not set
+## end choice
 CONFIG_SWAP=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y