diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b7528ed1a..e9cbc157b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Homepage: http://sipwise.com/
 Package: ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-daemon
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Pre-Depends: ngcp-mediaproxy-ng-kernel-dkms
 Description: Proxy for RTP and media streams used in NGCP, userspace part.
  This daemon handles the first stages of proxying media streams and talks to
  the kernel part of the proxy for eventual high-performance packet forwarding.