diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e798a42c..64645c85 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: e2fsprogs
 Section: admin
 Priority: required
 Maintainer: Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
-Build-Depends: texi2html, gettext, texinfo, dc, libsepol1-dev, libdevmapper-dev, libselinux1-dev, debhelper (>= 4)
+Build-Depends: texi2html (>= 1.76), gettext, texinfo, dc, libsepol1-dev, libdevmapper-dev, libselinux1-dev, debhelper (>= 4)
 Standards-Version: 3.7.2
 
 Package: e2fsck-static