diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 492af2ffa..ffef2ef65 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          libsdl2-2.0-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
-         libc6-dev
+         libc6-dev,
+         libx11-dev
 Conflicts: libsdl-1.3-dev
 Replaces: libsdl-1.3-dev
 Description: Simple DirectMedia Layer development files