diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b56b58f6aec7c346ea24b95c7314cb47a6f7a224..72f637b3f4d0da8e5c02fab77185c35a00ef8947 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ Architecture: i386 amd64
 Multi-Arch: foreign
 Section: libdevel
 Priority: optional
-Depends: libcapsule-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+Depends:
+ ${shlibs:Depends},
+ libcapsule-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
 Description:
  libcapsule is a helper library used to implement segregated run-time
  dynamic linking proxy libraries - used (for example) to load a library