diff --git a/debian-upstream/control b/debian-upstream/control
index 9e9fc9e..e75b6a3 100644
--- a/debian-upstream/control
+++ b/debian-upstream/control
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ Source: nodeenv
 Section: contrib/python
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Eugene Kalinin <e.v.kalinin@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), python, dh-virtualenv, tar
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), python, dh-virtualenv (>= 0.8), tar
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: https://github.com/ekalinin/nodeenv
 
 Package: nodeenv
 Architecture: any
-Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1), python2.7-minimal | python2.6-minimal
+Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1), python2.7-minimal | python2.6-minimal, ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: ${python:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: nodejs
 Description: Node.js virtual environment builder