diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 64cf9b87..2cfcfb27 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 
 Package: fail2ban
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${python:Depends}, lsb-base (>=2.0-7)
+Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, lsb-base (>=2.0-7)
 Recommends: iptables, whois
 Suggests: python-gamin, mailx
 XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}