diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ef599f381..f1fe1c89f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf,
                pkg-config,
                python3,
                python3-dev,
+               python3-setuptools,
                zlib1g-dev
 
 Package: drgn