diff --git a/imgutil/control.tmpl b/imgutil/control.tmpl
index a0fe21af..3bc8644c 100644
--- a/imgutil/control.tmpl
+++ b/imgutil/control.tmpl
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Jarrod Johnson <jjohnson2@lenovo.com>
 Description: Web frontend for confluent server
 Architecture: all
+Depends: debootstrap