diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a77851d..6f51ee1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
                flex (>= 2.5.34),
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.1),
                perl-doc,
+               libxml2-dev,
                libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                gobject-introspection (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                gir1.2-glib-2.0,
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 65d75e0..26dbe1e 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
                flex (>= 2.5.34),
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.1),
                perl-doc,
+               libxml2-dev,
                libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                gobject-introspection (>= 0.9.12-4~),
                gir1.2-glib-2.0,