diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index afd6d77f..056a6fbc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ Description: GNOME Shell extension to show some status icons in the top bar
 
 Package: gnome-shell-extension-system-monitor
 Architecture: all
-Depends: gnome-shell (<< ${gnome:NextVersion}),
+Depends: gir1.2-gtop-2.0,
+         gnome-shell (<< ${gnome:NextVersion}),
          gnome-shell (>= ${gnome:Version}),
          gnome-shell-extensions-common (= ${source:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends}