diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2c8c551fa..a57f8567b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Jitsi Team <dev@jitsi.org>
 Uploaders: Emil Ivov <emcho@jitsi.org>, Damian Minkov <damencho@jitsi.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), nodejs
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: https://jitsi.org/meet