diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 02b11d49..c6f6b2d6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
                docbook-xml,
                pkg-config,
                libev-dev (>= 1:4.04),
-               libyajl-dev,
+               libyajl-dev (>= 2.0.4),
                libpcre3-dev,
                libstartup-notification0-dev (>= 0.10),
                libcairo2-dev,