diff --git a/build-root/deb/debian/control b/build-root/deb/debian/control
index bc19768..4be6c4a 100644
--- a/build-root/deb/debian/control
+++ b/build-root/deb/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Package: vpp
 Architecture: any
-Depends: vpp-lib (= ${source:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: vpp-lib (= ${source:Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}
 Description: Vector Packet Processing--executables
  This package provides VPP executables: vpp, vpp_api_test, vpp_json_test
  vpp - the vector packet engine