diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bc4bad089..84fc28cf9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ linux-2.6 (3.2.9-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     The precise restrictions are specified in Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt in
     the linux-doc-3.2 and linux-source-3.2 packages.
   * iwlwifi: fix key removal (Closes: #651199)
+  * cgroups: Set CGROUP_PERF
 
  -- Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>  Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:47:17 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index dce1bb67d..74937f03e 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -3803,6 +3803,7 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_DISABLED=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP=y
 # CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP_ENABLED is not set
+CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y
 CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED=y
 # CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED is not set