diff --git a/scripts/debian/control b/scripts/debian/control
index 84f4c6d..8798d44 100644
--- a/scripts/debian/control
+++ b/scripts/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: lcdproc
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Jonathan Oxer <jon@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), automake1.9, autoconf, xmlto, texinfo, libncurses5-dev, libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8), libsvga1-dev, libxosd-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0), automake1.9, autoconf, xmlto, texinfo, libncurses5-dev, libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8), libsvga1-dev, libxosd-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.7.2.0
 
 Package: lcdproc