diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 98c88061..0aa731d6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: adduser,
          python3 (>= 3.5),
          python3-pkg-resources,
+         python3-distutils-extra,
 	 owrx-connector (>= 0.6.5),
 	 python3-csdr (>= 0.18.25),
          ${python3:Depends},