diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e541c6bfa..f8d05473a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Build-Depends: bison,
                ngcp-libswrate-dev (>= 1.1.2+0~1364315461.svn13284.127),
                ngcp-libtcap-dev,
                openssl,
+               pkg-config,
                python,
                python-dev,
                unixodbc-dev,