diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 528fa8e..0693e3a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Build-Depends: autotools-dev,
                libspice-protocol-dev (>= 0.12.5),
                libusb-1.0-0-dev (>= 1.0.17-1),
                libusbredirparser-dev (>= 0.6-2),
+               python-minimal,
                pve-libspice-server-dev (>= 0.12.5-1),
                quilt,
                texi2html,