diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 619244e..59c7200 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ Description: Solaris userland utility library for Linux
 Package: libzfslinux-dev
 Section: contrib/libdevel
 Architecture: linux-any
-Depends: libnvpair3linux (= ${binary:Version}),
+Depends: libssl-dev | libssl1.0-dev,
+         libnvpair3linux (= ${binary:Version}),
          libuutil3linux (= ${binary:Version}),
          libzfs4linux (= ${binary:Version}),
          libzfsbootenv1linux (= ${binary:Version}),