diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7e39accf5b5818aac94666b2a3985218d80f7e13..79a9d594e0dcec3dafd093955f863c514ded40ec 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ abiword (3.0.2-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   [ Jeremy Bicha ]
   * Rename gir1.2-abiword-1.0 to gir1.2-abi-1.0 to fix Lintian warning
+  * Have libabiword-3.0-dev depend on gir package
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:47:49 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 15e9eba856a1aa8a863829c8dabfa2456f78a86f..b3ff21ebed1a4aff57349e5c2ee8553008a34b47 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ Package: libabiword-3.0-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
-Depends: libabiword-3.0 (= ${binary:Version}),
+Depends: gir1.2-abi-3.0 (= ${binary:Version}),
+         libabiword-3.0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          libcairo-dev | libcairo2-dev,
          libebook1.2-dev,
          libecal1.2-dev,