diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
index 57c936dbe..44004148c 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          dbus-x11,
          fwupd,
          gnome-desktop-testing,
+         policykit-1,
          python3,
          python3-gi,
          python3-requests,
diff --git a/contrib/debian/tests/control b/contrib/debian/tests/control
index 001f93fb6..2052e6f85 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/tests/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/tests/control
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 Tests: ci
-Depends: policykit-1
 Restrictions: needs-root