diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 10e984314..9de5a58d4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libavutil-dev (>= 6:10),
  libbcg729-dev <!pkg.ngcp-rtpengine.nobcg729>,
  libbencode-perl,
+ libcjson-dev,
  libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl,
  libcrypt-rijndael-perl,
  libcurl4-openssl-dev | libcurl4-gnutls-dev,