diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f49ba7c..7210ac1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
  libnewt-dev,
  bzip2,
  libusb-1.0-0-dev,
- asciidoc,
+ asciidoc-base | asciidoc,
  groff,
  man-db,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8