diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c084397b5887e6eac6204516d6af58f30ddd5252..ba48b9d6049ec82b75e7ea4a08180f9d0d8e586b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Package: obs-build
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, rpm, debootstrap, sudo, libarchive-tools
-Recommends: rpm2cpio, osc, libcrypt-ssleay-perl
+Recommends: rpm2cpio, osc, libcrypt-ssleay-perl, xzdec
 Description: scripts for building RPM/debian packages for multiple distributions
  This package provides scripts for building RPM and debian packages in
  contained environments for various build distributions. These tools