diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 45550f165e..eb495ec081 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
  git,
  python3:any,
  python3-yaml,
+ python3-venv,
  ninja-build,
  libgtk-3-dev,
  libepoxy-dev,