diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index 37109baaaefd..b8a40011f8ed 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Build-Depends-Arch: bc, bison, cpio, flex,
  gcc-${host_gnu} <!pkg.${sourcename}.nokernelheaders>,
- kmod, libelf-dev:native,
+ kmod, libelf-dev:native, dwarves,
  libssl-dev:native, libssl-dev <!pkg.${sourcename}.nokernelheaders>,
  rsync
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