diff --git a/keyboards/kinesis/kint36/rules.mk b/keyboards/kinesis/kint36/rules.mk
index 8e44171c74f1..cf58cb913452 100644
--- a/keyboards/kinesis/kint36/rules.mk
+++ b/keyboards/kinesis/kint36/rules.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 BOARD = PJRC_TEENSY_3_6
 MCU   = MK66F18
+
+# Debounce eagerly (report change immediately), keep per-key timers. We can use
+# this because the kinT does not have to deal with noise.
+DEBOUNCE_TYPE = sym_eager_pk