diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c6f6b2d6..97b11a5e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, x11-utils
 Provides: x-window-manager
 Suggests: rxvt-unicode | x-terminal-emulator
-Recommends: xfonts-base, libanyevent-i3-perl, libjson-xs-perl
+Recommends: xfonts-base, fonts-dejavu-core, libanyevent-i3-perl, libjson-xs-perl
 Description: improved dynamic tiling window manager
  Key features of i3 are good documentation, reasonable defaults (changeable in
  a simple configuration file) and good multi-monitor support. The user