diff --git a/nfd/debian/control b/nfd/debian/control
index 91762b3..18dfc8a 100644
--- a/nfd/debian/control
+++ b/nfd/debian/control
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 Package: nfd
 Architecture: i386 amd64 arm64 armel armhf ppc64el
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ndn-cxx, sudo, procps
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ndn-cxx, sudo, procps, adduser
 Description: NFD - Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon
  NFD is a network forwarder that implements and evolves together with the Named Data
  Networking (NDN) protocol.