diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7bf1d4d1d..402736b6e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: qbittorrent
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: sledgehammer999 <hammered999@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.4.12),
                dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1),
                libtorrent-rasterbar-dev (>= 1.1.2),
                libboost-dev,