diff --git a/debian/config/s390x/defines b/debian/config/s390x/defines
index 30d86c99f..b63e8be8a 100644
--- a/debian/config/s390x/defines
+++ b/debian/config/s390x/defines
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[abi]
+ignore-changes:
+ module:arch/s390/kvm/kvm
+
 [base]
 flavours:
  s390x