diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1cd8e98..c832b39 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build-depends: libboblight-dev,
                libnymea1-dev,
                libnymea-mqtt-dev,
                libqt5serialport5-dev,
+               pkg-config,
                python:any,
                qtbase5-dev,
                qtconnectivity5-dev,