diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 735610f..12b206d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Package: metche
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, mutt, bzip2, ucf (>= 0.8)
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, mutt|mailx|mail-transport-agent, bzip2, ucf (>= 0.8)
 Recommends: apt-show-versions, gnupg
 Suggests: util-vserver
 Description: configuration monitor to ease collective administration