diff --git a/contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst b/contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst
index 049bbd82d..ddb1f8dd1 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst
+++ b/contrib/debian/dev-packages.lst
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ libcap-dev
 libaio-dev
 python-yaml
 libnl-route-3-dev
+python-future