diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d34d9e346..6a38af6a8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 linux (4.8.15-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * [x86] Enable INTEL_VBTN as module (Closes: #848967)
+  * debian/control: Change build-dependency on asciidoc to prefer the new
+    asciidoc-base, so we don't pull in LaTeX unnecessarily
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:05:58 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.source.in b/debian/templates/control.source.in
index 063dfcdd6..e8b429f14 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.source.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.source.in
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Build-Depends:
 #   not have M-A: allowed but need unqualified name for newer versions
  openssl (>= 1.1.0-1~) <!stage1> | openssl:native <!stage1>,
 # used by upstream to build perf documentation
- asciidoc <!stage1 !nodoc !pkg.linux.notools>,
+ asciidoc-base <!stage1 !nodoc !pkg.linux.notools> | asciidoc <!stage1 !nodoc !pkg.linux.notools>,
  xmlto <!stage1 !nodoc !pkg.linux.notools>,
 # used by upstream to build perf
  bison <!stage1 !pkg.linux.notools !nopython>,