diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index da6bb8e..3f27f86 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.93) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Demote qemu-kvm-extras-static to a Suggests since most people don't build
     for armel.
 
- -- Emmet Hikory <persia@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:45:26 -0800
+  [ Kees Cook ]
+  * requestsync: add -C to allow manually adding changelog when missing.
+
+ -- Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:12:23 -0800
 
 ubuntu-dev-tools (0.92) lucid; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/requestsync b/requestsync
index b2f7f2a..a5f44f8 100755
--- a/requestsync
+++ b/requestsync
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	optParser.add_option('-s', action = 'store_true',
 		dest = 'sponsorship', default = False,
 		help = 'Force sponsorship')
+	optParser.add_option('-C', action = 'store_true',
+		dest = 'missing_changelog_ok', default = False,
+		help = 'Allow changelog to be manually filled in when missing')
 	optParser.add_option('-e', action = 'store_true',
 		dest = 'ffe', default = False,
 		help = 'Use this after FeatureFreeze for non-bug fix syncs, changes ' \
@@ -194,8 +197,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 		report += 'Changelog entries since current %s version %s:\n\n' % (release, ubuntu_version)
 	changelog = getDebianChangelog(debian_srcpkg, base_version)
 	if not changelog:
-		print >> sys.stderr, "E: Did not retrieve any changelog entries. Was the package recently uploaded? (check http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/)"
-		sys.exit(1)
+		if not options.missing_changelog_ok:
+			print >> sys.stderr, "E: Did not retrieve any changelog entries. Was the package recently uploaded? (check http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/)"
+			sys.exit(1)
+		else:
+			need_interaction = True
+			changelog = "XXX FIXME: add changelog here XXX"
 	report += changelog
 
 	(title, report) = edit_report(title, report, changes_required = need_interaction)