diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 14ab63396..845b92d78 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10.5.1),
                libgtk-3-dev (>= 3.10.0),
                libgtk-4-dev,
                libhandy-1-dev,
+               libibus-1.0-dev,
                libjson-glib-dev,
                libmutter-18-dev | libmutter-17-dev | libmutter-16-dev | libmutter-15-dev | libmutter-14-dev | libmutter-13-dev,
                libsoup-3.0-dev,