diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index a5ae14f523b..c178c65cfed 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ postgresql
 postgresql-client [platform:dpkg]
 postgresql-devel [platform:rpm]
 postgresql-server [platform:rpm]
+libpq-dev [platform:dpkg]
 thin-provisioning-tools [platform:debian]
 libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 libxslt-devel [platform:rpm test]