diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f588dac..854495f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libncursesw5-dev, libtinfo-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libncursesw5-dev, libtinfo-dev, lsb-release
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://github.com/visit1985/mdp
 Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/mdp.git