diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 219a4b5c..c84489c9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Build-depends: debhelper (>= 0.0.0),
                python:any,
                qtbase5-dev,
                qtconnectivity5-dev,
+               libi2c-dev,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3