diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 841e7f83..aa18d130 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 9),
+ pkg-config,
  qtbase5-dev,
  qtbase5-dev-tools,
  qt5-qmake,