diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 54073e2..0c14aeb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+iscsitarget (1.4.20.3+svn502-2ubuntu4.1~ppa4) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/dkms.conf.in: iscsitarget has been removed from 16.10 and does not build
+    against kernels from that release and on. Disable the build on HWE
+    kernels for 16.04.
+
+ -- Nishanth Aravamudan <nish.aravamudan@canonical.com>  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 17:22:23 -0700
+
 iscsitarget (1.4.20.3+svn502-2ubuntu4) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * No-change rebuild against fixed debhelper.
diff --git a/debian/dkms.conf.in b/debian/dkms.conf.in
index afd6e45..b510a5e 100644
--- a/debian/dkms.conf.in
+++ b/debian/dkms.conf.in
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ AUTOINSTALL=yes
 BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="iscsi_trgt"
 BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="kernel/"
 DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/iscsi/"
-
+# Ubuntu has dropped support for this package in 16.10 (4.8 kernel) as
+# it is unmaintained. The last kernel with a working build is 4.4 in
+# 16.04.0/1. LP: #1668808.
+BUILD_EXCLUSIVE_KERNEL="^4.4.0.*"