diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7bb20268..e0ae80e8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+skimage (0.7.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  [ Stefan van der Walt ]
+  * Add python-qt4 as a recommended package (Closes: #684753).
+
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:23:16 -0400
+
 skimage (0.7.2-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Non-maintainer upload.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 97ad3398..f66d97da 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
          python-skimage-lib (>= ${source:Version}),
          libfreeimage3,
 Provides: ${python:Provides}
-Recommends: python-nose, python-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python-imaging
+Recommends: python-nose, python-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python-imaging, python-qt4
 Suggests: python-skimage-doc, python-opencv
 Description: Python modules for image processing
  scikits-image is a collection of image processing algorithms for