diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 417fd6068..4dff1cbcb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Yann Le Boulanger <asterix@lagaule.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.6.1.1
-Build-Depends: debmake, python-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, python-gtk2-dev
+Build-Depends: debmake, python-dev, libgtk2.0-dev, python-gtk2-dev, libgtkspell-dev
 
 Package: gajim
 Architecture: any