diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f02b67176..a6ac6f731 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ linux (3.12.6-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - udeb: Build packages for the parisc64-smp flavour instead of the
       removed parisc flavour (fixes FTBFS)
   * linux-image: Make maintainer scripts less verbose (Closes: #734266)
+  * [m68k] Enable EARLY_PRINTK (Closes: #734289)
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Thu, 02 Jan 2014 01:26:59 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/config/m68k/config b/debian/config/m68k/config
index 4193c80b5..b5e7b5ca5 100644
--- a/debian/config/m68k/config
+++ b/debian/config/m68k/config
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ CONFIG_M68060=y
 CONFIG_M68KFPU_EMU=y
 # CONFIG_ADVANCED is not set
 
+##
+## file: arch/m68k/Kconfig.debug
+##
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
+
 ##
 ## file: arch/m68k/Kconfig.devices
 ##