diff --git a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
index 33e6715ee..817d00739 100755
--- a/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
+++ b/debian/bin/gencontrol.py
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ class Gencontrol(Base):
         if self.config.merge('packages').get('tools-versioned', True):
             packages.extend(self.process_packages(
                 self.templates["control.tools-versioned"], self.vars))
+        if self.config.merge('packages').get('source', True):
+            packages.extend(self.process_packages(
+                self.templates["control.sourcebin"], self.vars))
 
         self._substitute_file('perf.lintian-overrides', self.vars,
                               'debian/linux-perf-%s.lintian-overrides' %
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 41a6f08f4..d1a140c3c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linux (4.19.16-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Do not generate linux-source-$ver stanza in debian/control if
+    source is set to disabled in debian/config/defines.
+
+ -- Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>  Fri, 18 Jan 2019 19:09:06 +0000
+
 linux (4.19.16-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream stable update:
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.main.in b/debian/templates/control.main.in
index cca790d3c..aa092b025 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.main.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.main.in
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
-Package: @source_basename@-source-@version@
-Build-Profiles: <!stage1 !pkg.linux.nosource>
-Architecture: all
-Section: kernel
-Build-Depends: patchutils
-Depends: binutils, xz-utils, ${misc:Depends}
-Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make, bc, @source_basename@-config-@version@
-Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, libqt4-dev, pkg-config
-Multi-Arch: foreign
-Description: Linux kernel source for version @version@ with Debian patches
- This package provides source code for the Linux kernel version @version@.
- This source closely tracks official Linux kernel releases.  Debian's
- modifications to that source consist of security fixes, bug fixes, and
- features that have already been (or are believed to be) accepted by the
- upstream maintainers.
-
 Package: @source_basename@-support-@abiname@
 Build-Profiles: <!stage1>
 Architecture: all
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.sourcebin.in b/debian/templates/control.sourcebin.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d268a7ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/templates/control.sourcebin.in
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Package: @source_basename@-source-@version@
+Build-Profiles: <!stage1 !pkg.linux.nosource>
+Architecture: all
+Section: kernel
+Build-Depends: patchutils
+Depends: binutils, xz-utils, ${misc:Depends}
+Recommends: libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc, make, bc, @source_basename@-config-@version@
+Suggests: libncurses-dev | ncurses-dev, libqt4-dev, pkg-config
+Multi-Arch: foreign
+Description: Linux kernel source for version @version@ with Debian patches
+ This package provides source code for the Linux kernel version @version@.
+ This source closely tracks official Linux kernel releases.  Debian's
+ modifications to that source consist of security fixes, bug fixes, and
+ features that have already been (or are believed to be) accepted by the
+ upstream maintainers.