diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 72ebf50e..57ea7d3d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Depends: etckeeper,
          libtemplate-perl,
          libyaml-perl,
          libyaml-tiny-perl,
+         netcat | netcat-traditional,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${perl:Depends}
 Description: central and templated based Configuration Management System for NGCP platforms