diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index 40dd7de4e0..119e3997d9 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ my $builder = Local::Module::Build->new(
         'Sipwise::Base' => 0,
         'strict' => 0,
         'Template' => 0,
+        'Template::Plugin::JSON::Escape' => 0,
         'Text::CSV_XS' => 0,
         'Types::Path::Tiny' => 0,
         'Time::HiRes' => 0,
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 083c0c174e..5cf8acabcd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8),
                libstrictures-perl,
                libstring-mkpasswd-perl,
                libsys-sig-perl,
+               libtemplate-plugin-json-escape-perl,
                libtext-csv-xs-perl,
                libtrycatch-perl,
                libtypes-path-tiny-perl,
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ Depends: gettext,
          libstring-mkpasswd-perl,
          libsys-sig-perl,
          libtemplate-perl,
+         libtemplate-plugin-json-escape-perl,
          libtext-csv-xs-perl,
          libtypes-path-tiny-perl,
          liburi-encode-perl,