diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index da2362c..5d34c72 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                dh-autoreconf,
-               dh-systemd,
+               dh-systemd | debhelper (>= 9.20160709),
                libssl-dev,
                libwrap0-dev,
                openssl