diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fc8528a..4c9fc13 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
 export PATH:=$(JAVA_HOME)/bin:$(PATH)
 
-export CLASSPATH=/usr/share/java/jinput.jar
+# NOTE: jutils is explicitly included here (without a depends in our control
+# file) because jinput.jar lacks jutils in its own "Class-Path" (bug #626002)
+export CLASSPATH=/usr/share/java/jinput.jar:/usr/share/java/jutils.jar
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --parallel --with javahelper