diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fefc2b5..9cc8154 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cinnamon-menus (2.4.2-2~) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
-  * 
+  * Add lib dependency to the cmenu gir.
 
  -- Maximiliano Curia <maxy@debian.org>  Mon, 04 May 2015 12:28:25 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5ccd727..ef9c936 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@
 Package: gir1.2-cmenu-3.0
 Section: introspection
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${gir:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: libcinnamon-menu-3-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
+         ${gir:Depends},
+         ${misc:Depends},
+         ${shlibs:Depends}
 Conflicts: gobject-introspection-repository
 Description: GObject introspection data for the Cinnamon menu library
  This package contains introspection data for Cinnamon menu, an