diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7e6cd6b..b228c00 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                python3-minimal,
                python3-sphinx,
                python3-sphinx-rtd-theme,
+               python3-venv,
                quilt,
                uuid-dev,
                xfslibs-dev,