diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ab601061c..edd6b3bc0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
  ${python:Depends},
  python-yaml,
  python-dbus,
+ python-gi,
  gir1.2-gtk-3.0,
  xdg-user-dirs,
  python-xdg,