diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b58e7ced..c84489c9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Build-depends: debhelper (>= 0.0.0),
                python:any,
                qtbase5-dev,
                qtconnectivity5-dev,
-               libi2c-dev:native,
+               libi2c-dev,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 
 
diff --git a/pianohat/touchsensor.cpp b/pianohat/touchsensor.cpp
index 68b0f703..96ed06b3 100644
--- a/pianohat/touchsensor.cpp
+++ b/pianohat/touchsensor.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+extern "C" {
 #include "linux/i2c-dev.h"
+}
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <string.h>