diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 14baf3c..d15aaae 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.6.1.0
 Package: libcaca-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, slang1-dev
 Description: text mode graphics library
  libcaca is the Colour AsCii Art library.
  .