diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 89141a7e32..2b430b4dc0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Build-Depends:
 	libghc-cryptohash-dev,
 	libghc-dataenc-dev,
 	libghc-utf8-string-dev,
-	libghc-aws-dev,
+	libghc-aws-dev (>= 0.10.2),
 	libghc-conduit-dev,
 	libghc-resourcet-dev,
 	libghc-dav-dev (>= 1.0) [amd64 i386 kfreebsd-amd64 kfreebsd-i386 powerpc],
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index b0835f50ae..6e57dd1f4f 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Executable git-annex
     CPP-Options: -DWITH_CRYPTOHASH
 
   if flag(S3)
-    Build-Depends: aws, conduit, resourcet
+    Build-Depends: aws (>= 0.10.2), conduit, resourcet
     CPP-Options: -DWITH_S3
 
   if flag(WebDAV)