diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f4841b5b7..a47daa59b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-ruamel.yaml,
  python3-setuptools,
  python3-setuptools-git,
+ python3-systemd,
 # python3-tomli is needed by python3-coverage when pyproject.toml is used
  python3-tomli,
  python3-typeshed,