diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 904762c..4b5e949 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
 Source: swh-loader-debian
 Maintainer: Software Heritage developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                dh-python (>= 2),
+               dpkg-dev,
                python3-all,
                python3-debian,
                python3-nose,
                python3-setuptools,
                python3-sqlalchemy,
                python3-swh.core,
                python3-swh.loader.core,
                python3-swh.model (>= 0.0.18),
                python3-swh.scheduler (>= 0.0.14),
                python3-swh.storage (>= 0.0.31),
                python3-swh.storage.schemata,
                python3-vcversioner
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DLDDEB/
 
 Package: python3-swh.loader.debian
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3-swh.model (>= 0.0.18),
+Depends: dpkg-dev,
+         python3-swh.model (>= 0.0.18),
          python3-swh.scheduler (>= 0.0.14),
          python3-swh.storage (>= 0.0.31),
          python3-swh.storage.schemata,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends}
 Description: Software Heritage Debian Loader