diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 02b77fc87..14fdb87d3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Recommends:
 Suggests:
  ngcp-system-tools,
 Depends:
+ iptables,
  lsb-base (>= 3.0-6),
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${shlibs:Depends},