diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 80dad0200..00df50781 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ linux (3.12.1-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * HID: Enable UHID as module (Closes: #729338)
     - HID: uhid: fix leak for 64/32 UHID_CREATE
   * [sh4] Remove some accidental inconsistencies in config
+  * Enable CHECKPOINT_RESTORE (Closes: #682700)
 
   [ Bastian Blank ]
   * Use compiler name instead of Linux version in compiler meta-packages.
diff --git a/debian/config/armel/config-reduced b/debian/config/armel/config-reduced
index 7e775d17f..eeed0710d 100644
--- a/debian/config/armel/config-reduced
+++ b/debian/config/armel/config-reduced
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 ## file: init/Kconfig
 ##
 # CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is not set
+# CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is not set
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 #. Saves about 17K, and none of the quirks are likely to be needed
 # CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS is not set
diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index 8bd26459b..f737649d6 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -4481,6 +4481,7 @@ CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED=y
 # CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP is not set
+CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_UTS_NS=y
 CONFIG_IPC_NS=y