diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bf81fd7c..7054002a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Homepage: https://www.sipwise.com/
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 12),
- yarnpkg,
+ yarnpkg | nodejs (>= 12.19.0~),
+ yarnpkg | yarn,
 
 Package: ngcp-csc-ui
 Architecture: all
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ec172b73..46615c45 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 # export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+# if yarnpkg is available use it, otherwise fall back to yarn
+YARN_BIN := $(shell which yarnpkg || echo yarn)
+
 %:
 	dh "$@"
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
-	yarnpkg install
+	$(YARN_BIN) install
 	cp src/config.template.js src/config.js
-	yarnpkg run build
+	$(YARN_BIN) run build
 	mv dist/spa csc