diff --git a/contrib/debian/control b/contrib/debian/control
--- a/contrib/debian/control
+++ b/contrib/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 7),
  dh-python,
  python-all,
- python-all-dev
+ python-all-dev,
+ python-docutils
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 X-Python-Version: >= 2.6