diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ccc6030f..42c060f3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Build-Depends: cython (>= 0.15),
                python-sphinx (>= 1.0.7+dfsg-1~),
                python3-all-dev,
                python3-imaging | python3-pil,
+               python3-matplotlib | python-matplotlib (<< 1.2.0~),
                python3-nose,
                python3-numpy,
                python3-scipy,