diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index dfcf01a51..d114f6731 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ linux (4.16~rc6-1~exp2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Riku Voipio ]
   * [armhf] Add dove cubox support, thanks to Josua Mayer (Closes: #876774)
 
+  [ Sjoerd Simons ]
+  * Enable DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV (Closes: #890235)
+
  -- Roger Shimizu <rogershimizu@gmail.com>  Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:10:34 +0900
 
 linux (4.16~rc6-1~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index 0c53b03c0..54e208ed2 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ CONFIG_GPIO_VIPERBOARD=m
 ##
 ## file: drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
 ##
-# CONFIG_DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV is not set
+CONFIG_DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION=y
 CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE=y
 CONFIG_DRM_VGEM=m