diff --git a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
index 61b78e9ea..d5412df78 100644
--- a/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/es-app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ else()
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE "https://gitlab.com/leonstyhre/emulationstation-de")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SECTION "misc")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PRIORITY "optional")
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "vlc")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS ON)
     #set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6, libsdl2-2.0-0, libfreeimage3, libfreetype6, libvlc5, libcurl4, libpugixml1v5, libasound2")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_BUILDS_DEPENDS "debhelper (>= 8.0.0), cmake, g++ (>= 4.8), libsdl2-dev, libfreeimage-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libcurl4-openssl-dev, libpugixml-dev, rapidjson-dev, libasound2-dev, libvlc-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev")