diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bc9fe74b26..b3aa0ce4db 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.8.3
 
 Package: cassandra
 Architecture: all
-Depends: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b11) | java6-runtime, jsvc (>= 1.0), libcommons-daemon-java (>= 1.0)
+Depends: openjdk-6-jre-headless (>= 6b11) | java6-runtime, jsvc (>= 1.0), libcommons-daemon-java (>= 1.0), adduser
 Description: distributed storage system for structured data
  Cassandra is a distributed (peer-to-peer) system for the management
  and storage of structured data.