diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6fd4d1eda04ca22b665cc2d2babb55f49aae712e..dd470a9fb649f48b73dbb662c5202c7089a73a67 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Build-Depends: appstream,
                libgspell-1-dev,
                libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.22.4),
                libgudev-1.0-dev [linux-any],
+               libhandy-1-dev (>= 1.0.0),
                libjson-glib-dev (>= 1.2.0),
                libostree-dev [linux-any],
                libpackagekit-glib2-dev (>= 1.1.11),
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 65954a2e25c55fa0c8b73aca40e9403f83ec406e..9971cafad809556b3b7ecc4ce9496c12b0b5c2ea 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Build-Depends: appstream,
                libgspell-1-dev,
                libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.22.4),
                libgudev-1.0-dev [linux-any],
+               libhandy-1-dev (>= 1.0.0),
                libjson-glib-dev (>= 1.2.0),
                libostree-dev [linux-any],
                libpackagekit-glib2-dev (>= 1.1.11),