diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-deb.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-deb.yml
index 6a6e7fb..14a1bf1 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-deb.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-deb.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt-get update -qq
           apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends \
-            debhelper devscripts lintian fakeroot bats tmux fzf jq curl ca-certificates xz-utils >/dev/null
+            build-essential debhelper devscripts lintian fakeroot bats tmux fzf jq curl ca-certificates xz-utils >/dev/null
           VER=v0.10.0
           curl -fsSL --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-all-errors -o shellcheck.tar.xz \
             "https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/download/${VER}/shellcheck-${VER}.linux.x86_64.tar.xz"