diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6d150eb7..a664a592 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libltdl-dev,
  libxml2-utils <!nodoc>,
  quilt,
+ pkgconf,
  systemd-dev [linux-any],
  xsltproc <!nodoc>
 Standards-Version: 4.6.1