diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7f19c252c..992bb61fc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.32~rc6-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * [armel/orion5x, armel/kirkwood] Enable ISDN (requested by Markus
     Krebs).
   * Add patch from Albin Tonnerre to add HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA to arm.
+  * [armel] Enable KERNEL_LZMA, i.e. compress kernels with lzma to get
+    much better compression.
 
   [ maximilian attems ]
   * Simplify postinst nuke reverse symlinks handling. Patch from
diff --git a/debian/config/armel/config b/debian/config/armel/config
index 5d313fe83..642feabf5 100644
--- a/debian/config/armel/config
+++ b/debian/config/armel/config
@@ -72,3 +72,7 @@ CONFIG_YAM=m
 CONFIG_ECONET_AUNUDP=y
 CONFIG_ECONET_NATIVE=y
 
+# CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP is not set
+# CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 is not set
+CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA=y
+
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.source.in b/debian/templates/control.source.in
index fef72d9b0..95c1bda4e 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.source.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.source.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>, Frederik Schüler <fs@debian.org>, maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.8.3
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 7), cpio, module-init-tools, python
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 7), cpio, module-init-tools, python, lzma [armel]
 Build-Depends-Indep: bzip2, python-central, xmlto
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/sid/linux-2.6/
 Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/dists/sid/linux-2.6/?op=log