diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e6c5785a..000570fd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 byobu (5.115) unreleased; urgency=medium
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * debian/control:
+    - depend on net-tools, for ifconfig
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 27 Jan 2017 08:31:01 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7138da26..dd1326a6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Depends:
  ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
  debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0,
  gettext-base,
+ net-tools,
  python3|python,
  python3-newt|python-newt,
  tmux (>= 1.5) | screen,