diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b85ad67a..0312ed2e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  curl,
  dh-python,
  meson (>= 0.45.0),
+ pkg-config,
  policykit-1,
  python3-dev,
  python3-setuptools,