diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5463e0f..5c7bffc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ Description: Metapackage for Nice To Have tools in NGCP platforms
 
 Package: ngcp-services-pro
 Architecture: all
-Depends: bzip2,
+Depends: bsd-mailx | mailx,
+         bzip2,
          exim4,
          glusterfs-client,
          glusterfs-server,
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ Description: Metapackage for NGCP platform services
 
 Package: ngcp-services-pro-ha-v3
 Architecture: all
-Depends: bzip2,
+Depends: bsd-mailx | mailx,
+         bzip2,
          corosync,
          exim4,
          glusterfs-client,