diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 01132ba8e..c127b74f6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                libchromaprint-dev,
                libfftw3-dev,
                libebur128-dev,
-               libsparsehash-dev
+               libsparsehash-dev,
+               rapidjson-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.7.0
 
 Package: strawberry