diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b71d34810..0056ed9c3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ linux (3.16.7-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     (#764162)
   * [armhf] Increase Ethernet phy startup delay on Banana-Pi. Patch from
     Karsten Merker (Closes: #767042)
+  * [armhf] Enable FB_SIMPLE, used on some Exynos platforms and elsewhere.
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sun, 09 Nov 2014 10:13:09 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp b/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp
index fc7b72b2f..62496a3c6 100644
--- a/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp
+++ b/debian/config/armhf/config.armmp
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ CONFIG_FB=y
 CONFIG_FB_ARMCLCD=y
 CONFIG_FB_VT8500=y
 CONFIG_FB_WM8505=y
+CONFIG_FB_SIMPLE=y
 
 ##
 ## file: drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/dss/Kconfig