diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7b403d136..ce14ea34c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Jeff Becker (probably not evil) <jeff@i2p.rocks>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), g++, ninja-build, cmake (>= 3.10), pkg-config, libuv1-dev, git, libunbound-dev,
     libsodium-dev (>= 1.0.18), libsystemd-dev, liblokimq-dev (>= 1.2.3), libsqlite3-dev, nettle-dev, libevent-dev,
-    libcurl4-openssl-dev
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev, libssl-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://loki.network/
 Vcs-Git: git://github.com/loki-project/lokinet-builder.git