diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 89cc794e7e..dc03647a72 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ git-annex (3.20110720) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Fix shell escaping in rsync special remote.
   * addurl: --fast can be used to avoid immediately downloading the url.
   * Added support for getting content from git remotes using http (and https).
+  * Added curl to Debian package dependencies.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:27:30 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d519c42b71..975faf5ea5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
 	git | git-core,
 	uuid,
 	rsync,
+	curl,
 	openssh-client
 Suggests: graphviz, bup, gnupg
 Description: manage files with git, without checking their contents into git