diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b862844c19aed472f91932578b3e135c6bdea3d8..03dfb348c4456232d104a620e151a168f1dbbb18 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 backupninja (0.9.7-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
+  * Add dependency possibility on bsd-mailx for mailx transition
   * Bump standards version to 3.8.3 (no changes)
   * Install rsync and maildir examples (Closes: #566703)
   * Fixed upstream homepage and VCS in debian/control (Closes: #525318)
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2650c0b7f61af629ac946ec39f09b7bfefc8e663..66be31185eba2c1bf88126b5f66f90d106933983 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Vcs-Git: git://labs.riseup.net/backupninja.git
 
 Package: backupninja
 Architecture: all
-Depends: gawk | mawk, dialog, bash (>=2.05b-26), mailx | mailutils
+Depends: gawk | mawk, dialog, bash (>=2.05b-26), bsd-mailx | mailx | mailutils
 Suggests: rdiff-backup, hwinfo, genisoimage, wodim, cdrdao, dvd+rw-tools, debconf-utils, mdadm
 Description: lightweight, extensible meta-backup system
  Backupninja lets you drop simple config files in /etc/backup.d to