diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0792bdd71d..e74330628f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Section: games
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Matt Borgerson <contact@mborgerson.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+ cmake,
  git,
  python3:any,
  python3-yaml,