diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 523a11ab2..eb7de09fb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ linux (4.0.8-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - ufs: Fix possible deadlock when looking up directories
     - fs/ufs: restore s_lock mutex_init()
 
+  [ Ben Hutchings ]
+  * [ppc64el] Ignore ABI changes due to disabling HIBERNATION (fixes FTBFS)
+
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:29:15 +0100
 
 linux (4.0.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/config/ppc64el/defines b/debian/config/ppc64el/defines
index b5ec5ed67..46a8bca93 100644
--- a/debian/config/ppc64el/defines
+++ b/debian/config/ppc64el/defines
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[abi]
+ignore-changes:
+ hibernation_set_ops
+ system_entering_hibernation 
+
 [base]
 flavours:
  powerpc64le