--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # note: libexpat1-dev and libcurl-dev are only here because of pkg-config:
 # not directly needed for building upmpdcli
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0), dh-python, dh-systemd, dh-autoreconf,
-               autotools-dev, python3, pkg-config,
+               autotools-dev, python-all, python3, pkg-config,
                libmpdclient-dev, libmicrohttpd-dev,
                libupnpp4-dev, libupnp6-dev, libjsoncpp-dev,
                libexpat1-dev, libcurl-dev,