diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index eb20d425b8..c0273ca2e9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
 	rsync,
 	wget | curl,
 	openssh-client (>= 1:5.6p1)
-Recommends: lsof, gnupg
+Recommends: lsof, gnupg, bind9-host
 Suggests: graphviz, bup, libnss-mdns
 Description: manage files with git, without checking their contents into git
  git-annex allows managing files with git, without checking the file