diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9676f928..cea5c838 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ byobu (5.2) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/lib/byobu/include/common: LP: #911149
     - when backend is not automatically set, check if screen or tmux
       is installed on the system before setting the default backend
+  * debian/control: LP: #910187
+    - depend on tmux | screen, recommend tmux and screen
+    - hopefully this solves dependency resolution on hardy
 
   [ Daniel Hahler ]
   * usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a, usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux: LP: #910779
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2ad3ac38..fe04598e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/byobu/trunk
 
 Package: byobu
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, gettext-base, python, python-newt (>= 0.52.2-11), tmux (>= 1.5)
-Recommends: screen
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, gettext-base, python, python-newt (>= 0.52.2-11), tmux (>= 1.5) | screen
+Recommends: screen, tmux (>= 1.5)
 Suggests: apport, vim, w3m, po-debconf, update-notifier-common, lsb-release, run-one
 Provides: screen-profiles, screen-profiles-extras, byobu-extras
 Replaces: screen-profiles (<< 2.0), screen-profiles-extras (<< 2.0), byobu-extras (<< 2.17)