diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control
index f6750a7..1251422 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
  libssl-dev,
  libtalloc-dev,
  pkgconf,
+ build-essential,
 Maintainer: Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@redhat.com>
 Uploaders: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
 Homepage: https://github.com/sgallagher/sscg/