diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e882f22ae6b783366287af7a3df7e7a1096e7987..43f6838829a9d97dbaa9991556c05c30f3f8b749 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>=10)
              , dh-python
+             , pybuild-plugin-pyproject
              , python3-setuptools
              , python3-all
              , python3-pytest-runner