diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 89b6a711919c4d8017ae1ccd3b3b6371e7f39222..e37d727118300188b324094ef1796bc8e6bac800 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Package: ruby-jekyll-gist
 Architecture: all
 XB-Ruby-Versions: ${ruby:Versions}
 Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter,
+         ruby-octokit,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: Liquid tag for displaying GitHub Gists in Jekyll sites