diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8351b89..e49f71a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
                libgtk-4-dev,
                meson,
                po-debconf,
+               libsystemd-dev,
                valac-0.56-vapi,
                valac-bin
 Standards-Version: 4.1.2