diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 5d5142ca..842d5d02 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -228,7 +228,11 @@ Description: ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries - headers and static libraries
 
 Package: e2fsprogs
 Essential: yes
-Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+ifdef(`UTIL_LINUX_NG',
+``Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, util-linux (<< 2.15~rc1-1)
+'',
+``Pre-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+'')dnl
 Suggests: gpart, parted, e2fsck-static
 Conflicts: dump (<< 0.4b4-4), quota (<< 1.55-8.1), initscripts (<< 2.85-4), sysvinit (<< 2.85-4)
 Replaces: hurd (<= 20040301-1), libblkid1 (<< 1.38+1.39-WIP-2005.12.10-2), libuuid1 (<< 1.38+1.39-WIP-2005.12.10-2)