diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 608eaff52df7806403b8224fba0dafbf2dc8b93d..386ff562deec826bb02b4c899113c3b1dfc57234 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
              , python-docutils
              , python-sphinx
              , python-sphinx-rtd-theme
-             , dh-python
+             , dh-python (>= 2.20160609~)
              , python-setuptools-scm
              , gnupg
 XS-Python-Version: >= 2.7