diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fe2146c..7282de3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: lcdproc
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Jonathan Oxer <jon@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), automake | automaken, autoconf2.13 | autoconf, texinfo, libncurses5-dev, libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), automake | automaken, autoconf2.13 | autoconf, texinfo, libncurses5-dev, libusb-dev (>= 0.1.8), libsvga1-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.6.0
 
 Package: lcdproc