diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5fc21da07..f6558e0a0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ linux (4.19.37-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       (Closes: #929187)
     - libbpf: Build out-of-tree
   * README.source: Document the various makefiles and use of out-of-tree builds
+  * [x86] lockdown,sysrq: Enable ALLOW_LOCKDOWN_LIFT_BY_SYSRQ (Closes: #929583)
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sun, 19 May 2019 00:04:16 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config b/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
index 51d18b9ae..86fe17162 100644
--- a/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
+++ b/debian/config/kernelarch-x86/config
@@ -2011,6 +2011,11 @@ CONFIG_NFC_HCI=m
 CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI_VSOCKETS=m
 CONFIG_HYPERV_VSOCKETS=m
 
+##
+## file: security/Kconfig
+##
+CONFIG_ALLOW_LOCKDOWN_LIFT_BY_SYSRQ=y
+
 ##
 ## file: sound/drivers/Kconfig
 ##