diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 38d89fbd22a889f0fa1661c6b454d57f5efd1c00..8bcbad86c500f6360321487bfbe06329545cc36c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+python-scrypt (0.6.1-5.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * NMU: as suggested by Dejan Latinovic there is only a dependency on
+         libssl-dev missing (Closes: #724158)
+
+ -- Thorsten Alteholz <debian@alteholz.de>  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 19:00:24 +0100
+
 python-scrypt (0.6.1-5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Remove dependency on libscrypt0, it requires porting
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index efa6172abd0bd7d641b4b000df14b7f5813a9288..8b04abb246249f81f5443851edac82f11b49913f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: python-scrypt
 Maintainer: Micah Anderson <micah@debian.org>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: python-all-dev (>= 2.6.6-3), debhelper (>= 9)
+Build-Depends: python-all-dev (>= 2.6.6-3), debhelper (>= 9), libssl-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 
 Package: python-scrypt