diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2504d89f7..9773a6d8a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ grub2 (2.00-5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Backport from upstream:
     - Remove extra layer of escaping from grub_probe.
   * Switch watch file to point to ftp.gnu.org.
+  * Build-depend on liblzma-dev, enabling 'grub-mkimage -C xz'.
 
  -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:06:21 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b2bcd5640..cf45ea7da 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.4.2~),
  parted [!hurd-any],
  libfuse-dev (>= 2.8.4-1.4) [linux-any kfreebsd-any],
  ttf-dejavu-core,
+ liblzma-dev,
 Build-Conflicts: autoconf2.13, libzfs-dev, libnvpair-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/