diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e01adad2f..25e0cab76 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.1.2
 Build-Depends: autoconf,
                automake,
                bison,
+               dh-python,
                elfutils,
                flex,
                gawk,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf,
                pkg-config,
                python3,
                python3-distutils,
-               python3.6-dev,
+               python3-dev,
                zlib1g-dev
 
 Package: drgn