diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e77aa245c..99d9c6907 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ linux (4.8-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * [amd64] Enable RANDOMIZE_MEMORY
   * [powerpc*/*64*] Enable OPAL_PRD, MTD, MTD_POWERNV_FLASH as modules
     (Closes: #838604, #838605)
+  * Compile with gcc-6 on all architectures
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 01 Oct 2016 21:51:33 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/defines b/debian/config/defines
index dc2cacc1e..8b50f1702 100644
--- a/debian/config/defines
+++ b/debian/config/defines
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ arches:
  sparc64
  tilegx
  x32
-compiler: gcc-5
+compiler: gcc-6
 featuresets:
  none
  rt