diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 13842d039..1b707793c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.26~rc8-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * JFFS2 enable summary and compressor support. (closes: #488242)
   * Add OLPC sdhci quirks. Thanks Andres Salomon <dilinger@debian.org>
     (closes: #485192)
+  * [ppc]: Enable RTC_DRV_PPC. (closes: #484693) Thanks for the patch to
+    Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>.
 
   [ Martin Michlmayr ]
   * [arm/orion5x] Update the config to reflect upstream renaming this
diff --git a/debian/config/powerpc/config.powerpc64 b/debian/config/powerpc/config.powerpc64
index e432f307a..9bc4a3fdb 100644
--- a/debian/config/powerpc/config.powerpc64
+++ b/debian/config/powerpc/config.powerpc64
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC_RX_SKB_HEADROOM=0
 ##
 # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set
 
+###
+### file: drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+###
+CONFIG_RTC_DRV_PPC=m
+
 ##
 ## file: drivers/scsi/Kconfig
 ##