diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 528729e..10425c6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
                libxkbfile-dev,
                libx11-dev,
                meson,
+               python,
                python3,
                python-gi-dev,
                yelp-tools,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
 Package: gir1.2-xapp-1.0
 Section: introspection
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${gir:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${gir:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, ${python3:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: Introspection data for XApp
  This package contains the introspection data for XApp.
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 453727f..de56365 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # meson support is baked in
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --parallel --with=gir,python3
+	dh $@ --parallel --with=gir,python2,python3
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	mkdir -p debian/build