diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dd41852..3c3d1e6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Depends:${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
  zenity,
  policykit-1,
  libnotify-bin,
- desktop-file-utils
+ desktop-file-utils,
+ dpkg-dev
 Description: Spark Store
  A community powered app store, based on DTK.