diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5728314..a3b3c85 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ endif
 ifneq "$(wildcard /usr/share/misc/config.guess)" ""
 	cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess
 endif
-	./configure $(CROSS) --prefix=/usr --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(CROSS_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs $(LDFLAGS)"
+	./configure $(CROSS) --enable-serial-autoprobe --prefix=/usr --mandir=\$${prefix}/share/man --infodir=\$${prefix}/share/info CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(CROSS_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,defs $(LDFLAGS)"
 
 
 build: build-stamp