diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2609f1c..35c4580 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                libspice-server-dev (>= 0.14.0~),
                libusb-1.0-0-dev (>= 1.0.17-1),
                libusbredirparser-dev (>= 0.6-2),
+               python3-minimal,
                python3-sphinx,
                quilt,
                texi2html,