diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 792ed48..492e0a4 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Restrictions: allow-stderr, superficial
 Depends:
  alsa-utils,
+ build-essential,
  libsdl2-mixer-dev,
  xauth,
  xvfb,