diff --git a/contrib/Debian/control b/contrib/Debian/control
index d6cf418c..59a74ab5 100644
--- a/contrib/Debian/control
+++ b/contrib/Debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0),
     libident-dev,
     libgnutls-dev,
     libpam0g-dev,
-    telnet,
+    telnet | telnet-ssl,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 
 Package: ngircd