diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7851dc283..daf96a30e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ Depends:
  lsof,
  netcat-openbsd,
  network-manager,
+# Ensure that nscd is installed rather than unscd.
+ nscd (>= 2),
  ppp,
  pppoe,
  python3-apt,