diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 03ccb3447..33276c76a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ linux-2.6 (3.0~rc1-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * rt2800usb: Enable support for more USB devices including
     Linksys WUSB600N (Closes: #596626) (this change was accidentally
     omitted from 2.6.39-1)
+  * fs: Enable FHANDLE
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 21 May 2011 22:13:08 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index a19ce0cb1..21649aa00 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -3379,6 +3379,7 @@ CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
 CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
 CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT_V3=y
+CONFIG_FHANDLE=y
 CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y
 CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y