diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3ec26cc59..6115387bb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: gajim
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Yann Le Boulanger <asterix@lagaule.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), cdbs, python-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, python-gtk2-dev, libgtkspell-dev, gettext
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), cdbs, python-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, python-gtk2-dev, libgtkspell-dev, gettext, libxss-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.6.1
 
 Package: gajim