diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 86d4a7694..88b08f165 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ linux-2.6 (3.2.19.dfsg.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * udeb: Add udf-modules containing UDF filesystem module (Closes: #613972)
   * [mipsel/loongson2f] linux-image: Recommend libc6-loongson2f
     (Closes: #629410)
+  * Build-Depend on kmod or module-init-tools, not just the latter
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:31:53 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.source.in b/debian/templates/control.source.in
index f6524ab19..856320577 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.source.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.source.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>, Frederik Schüler <fs@debian.org>, maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 7), cpio, module-init-tools, python (>= 2.6.6-3~), lzma [armel], kernel-wedge (>= 2.83)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 7), cpio, kmod | module-init-tools, python (>= 2.6.6-3~), lzma [armel], kernel-wedge (>= 2.83)
 Build-Depends-Indep: bzip2, xmlto
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/