diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5606961..88bdc52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ cbindgen = "0.24.0"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 bytes = "1.0"
+# only so cargo-fairy picks it up..
+cbindgen = "0.24.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 h2 = { version = "0.3", features = [ "stream" ] }
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 74ede69..3975a08 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: cbindgen,
  librust-bincode-1+default-dev,
  librust-bitflags-1+default-dev (>= 1.2.1-~~),
  librust-bytes-1+default-dev,
+ librust-cbindgen-0.24+default-dev,
  librust-crc32fast-1+default-dev,
  librust-endian-trait-0.6+arrays-dev,
  librust-endian-trait-0.6+default-dev,