diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 791a4c9baf625c4a08a3a7da7242923e37953ed7..af6d8a7a46e25b8f1476999903b8c4572586bcb8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},
  fonts-lato,
+Recommends:
+ gnome-session,
 Description: Simple Wayland shell
  Phosh is a simple shell for wayland compositors speaking the
  weston-desktop-shell protocol.