diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 763d815..e190c3f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: libnfc
 Section: libs
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), dh-autoreconf, libtool, pkg-config, libusb-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), dh-autoreconf, libtool, pkg-config, libusb-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 Homepage: http://www.nfc-tools.org/
 Vcs-Git: https://code.googlecode.com/p/libnfc/