diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4e47e42ce..fd9ab0ce7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+sysbench (1.0.18-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * add libssl-dev to build dependencies
+
+ -- Alexey Kopytov <akopytov@gmail.com>  Sun, 08 Dec 2019 14:02:01 +0300
+
 sysbench (1.0.15-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * add libaio-dev to build dependencies
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8770d2ceb..5048d94d1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: sysbench
 Section: misc
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Alexey Kopytov <akopytov@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, automake, libaio-dev, libtool, libmysqlclient-dev | default-libmysqlclient-dev, libpq-dev, pkg-config, python
+Build-Depends: debhelper, autoconf, automake, libaio-dev, libtool, libmysqlclient-dev | default-libmysqlclient-dev, libpq-dev, pkg-config, python, libssl-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench