diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e3b3fb3f..fc98ce3f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10.0), cmake, ninja-build,
     lcov, procps, help2man,
     zlib1g-dev, libzstd-dev,
     g++-multilib [amd64 i386 kfreebsd-amd64 mips64 mips64el mipsel powerpc ppc64 s390 s390x sparc sparc64 x32],
-    libjs-mathjax, python3-myst-parser,
+    libjs-mathjax, python3-myst-parser | python3-recommonmark,
     doxygen,
     ocaml-base [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x] | ocaml-nox [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x],
     ocaml-findlib [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x],
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 3955b171..9e13f804 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10.0), cmake, ninja-build,
     lcov, procps, help2man,
     zlib1g-dev, libzstd-dev,
     g++-multilib [amd64 i386 kfreebsd-amd64 mips64 mips64el mipsel powerpc ppc64 s390 s390x sparc sparc64 x32],
-    libjs-mathjax, python3-myst-parser,
+    libjs-mathjax, python3-myst-parser | python3-recommonmark,
     doxygen,
     ocaml-base [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x] | ocaml-nox [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x],
     ocaml-findlib [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x],