diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 14df0de..3a431fc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libxkbfile-dev,
  meson,
  python3,
+ python-gi-dev,
  valac,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6