diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 84559264d..9da9552ed 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.32-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Bastian Blank ]
   * Restrict access to sensitive SysRq keys by default.
 
+  [ Moritz Muehlenhoff ]
+  * Set source format to 1.0
+
   [ Martin Michlmayr ]
   * [armel/iop32x] Enable ARCH_IQ80321 and ARCH_IQ31244 (Thanks Arnaud
     Patard).
diff --git a/debian/source/format b/debian/source/format
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9b023757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/source/format
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+1.0
+