diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6e12614..ed1ab1a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: libfreefare
 Section: libs
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Romuald Conty <rconty@il4p.fr>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), dh-autoreconf, libnfc-dev (>=1.5.0), pkg-config
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), dh-autoreconf, libnfc-dev (>=1.5.0), pkg-config, libssl-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/nfc-tools/wiki/libfreefare
 Vcs-Svn: http://nfc-tools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/libfreefare