diff --git a/deb/debian/control.in b/deb/debian/control.in
index 0fc27c6c..94fab049 100644
--- a/deb/debian/control.in
+++ b/deb/debian/control.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Build-Depends:  debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
                 libdvb-dev,
                 po-debconf,
                 texi2html,
-                python-central,
+                dh-python | python-central,
                 linux-kernel-headers,
                 libdvdnav-dev,
                 libfreetype6-dev,