diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 04b6bdba..9006945b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: mes
 Section: devel
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>=11)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>=11), guile-2.2
 Standards-Version: 4.1.5
 Homepage: https://gitlab.com/janneke/mes