diff --git a/nfd/debian/control.precise b/nfd/debian/control.precise
index ec46292..a94531c 100644
--- a/nfd/debian/control.precise
+++ b/nfd/debian/control.precise
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 Package: nfd-status-http-server
 Architecture: i386 amd64
-Depends: nfd (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: nfd (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, python2.7-minimal
 Description: NFD HTTP status server
 
 Package: nfd-autoreg