diff --git a/helpers/make-linux-hwe b/helpers/make-linux-hwe
index 6c6ff5f23ed3dff33bf50915eb9d5eb490c2ec22..0befc7ec594a4106ac53cd22735f05778fbdc73a 100644
--- a/helpers/make-linux-hwe
+++ b/helpers/make-linux-hwe
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ cp debian.master/config/i386/config.flavour.lowlatency debian.master/config/amd6
 # Disable using udev as a fallback for firmware loading
 replace "CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y" "CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=n" debian.master/config
 
+cp debian.master/config debian.hwe -a
+
 changelog "Removed non-free bits"
 
 cp debian/changelog debian.master/changelog