diff --git a/debian/arch/_xen/config b/debian/arch/_xen/config
index bab0e3cfa..55fb6c79e 100644
--- a/debian/arch/_xen/config
+++ b/debian/arch/_xen/config
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_BACKEND_VPCI=y
 CONFIG_XEN_BLKDEV_FRONTEND=y
 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND=y
 CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES=y
-CONFIG_XEN_DISABLE_SERIAL=y
+# CONFIG_XEN_DISABLE_SERIAL is not set
 CONFIG_XEN_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_030002_AND_LATER=y
 # CONFIG_XEN_COMPAT_LATEST_ONLY is not set
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 72b58217a..dd72e4d71 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.18-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Update vserver patch to 2.0.2.2-rc9.
   * Update xen patch to changeset 36186 from Fedora 2.6.18 branch.
   * Build only the pae version of xen. (closes: #390862)
+  * xen: Don't disable serial drivers.
 
   [ dann frazier ]
   * Fix potential fragmentation attacks in ip6_tables (CVE-2006-4572)
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.18-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     memory accesses in ehci-hub-control() by adding an alignment attribute
     to the tbuf array declaration. Thanks to David Miller for the patch.
 
- -- Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:26:47 +0100
+ -- Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:28:11 +0100
 
 linux-2.6 (2.6.18-8) unstable; urgency=low