diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 60fc5dbe..b220c49c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: bash-completion,
                libfuse3-dev,
                libpam0g-dev,
                libsystemd-dev,
+	       libreadline-dev,
                libuuid1,
                libzstd-dev (>= 1.3.8),
                pkg-config,