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 1a1d6024e..219f129dc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.18-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   [ Bastian Blank ]
   * Emit conflict lines for initramfs generators. (closes: #400305)
   * Update vserver patch to 2.0.2.2-rc8.
+  * xen: Don't disable serial drivers.
 
   [ Martin Michlmayr ]
   * r8169: Add an option to ignore parity errors.
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.18-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * sata: Avoid null pointer dereference in SATA Promise.
   * cifs: Set CIFS preferred IO size.
 
- -- maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:07:58 +0100
+ -- Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:33:14 +0100
 
 linux-2.6 (2.6.18-6) unstable; urgency=low