diff --git a/config-debug b/config-debug
index e3c1e6e..ad5f535 100644
--- a/config-debug
+++ b/config-debug
@@ -109,3 +109,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_EARLY_LOG_SIZE=1024
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_DEFAULT_OFF=y
+
+# Temporary
+CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y
diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 1683f10..f3838b6 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -1991,6 +1991,11 @@ fi
 
 %changelog
 * Thu Mar 01 2012 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
+- Temporarily enable CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC in -debug builds to help track
+  down some long-standing bugs.
+  Note: This will make -debug builds even slower than normal.
+
+* Thu Mar 01 2012 Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
 - temporarily switch to low-performance polling IRQ mode when
   unexpected IRQs occur.