diff --git a/packaging/debian/debiankio/control b/packaging/debian/debiankio/control
index 73486c9f..30ac09ef 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debiankio/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/debiankio/control
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Maintainer: Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org>
 Build-Depends: cdbs, 
                cmake,
                libtool,
+               pkg-config,
                debhelper (>= 7), 
                bison,
-               kdelibs5-dev (>= 4:4.2.2),
                qtbase5-dev,
                extra-cmake-modules,
                libkf5kio-dev,
diff --git a/packaging/debian/debiankio/control-xenial b/packaging/debian/debiankio/control-xenial
index da393a4c..f1acb815 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/debiankio/control-xenial
+++ b/packaging/debian/debiankio/control-xenial
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Maintainer: Jean-Francois Dockes <jfd@recoll.org>
 Build-Depends: cdbs, 
                cmake,
                libtool,
+               pkg-config,
                debhelper (>= 7), 
                bison,
-               kdelibs5-dev (>= 4:4.2.2),
                qtbase5-dev,
                extra-cmake-modules,
                kio-dev,