diff --git a/packaging/debian/debian/control b/packaging/debian/debian/control
index 4f88929d..4053fde3 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/debian/control
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Build-Depends: bison,
                libxapian-dev (>= 1.2.0),
                libxslt1-dev,
                libz-dev,
+               pkg-config,
                python-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~),
                python-setuptools,
                python3-all-dev,