diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f18d4df..f35b530 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: lua-lemock
 Section: interpreters
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Victor Seva <linuxmaniac@torreviejawireless.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), dh-lua (>= 16)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), dh-lua (>= 16~)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-lua/lua-lemock.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-lua/lua-lemock.git