diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e7a8882..7d18b97 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Package: jhbuild
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
-         ${python3:Depends}
+         ${python3:Depends},
+	 python3-distuils,
 Recommends: git-core,
             patch,
             wget | curl,