diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7765ab7..1830f82 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ xen-tools (4.3~dev-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
       (Closes: #607236; Thanks Vagrant Cascadian!)
     - New option --apt_proxy (Thanks Alex Tomlins!)
   * Add dependency on openssh-client for ssh-keygen (Closes: #649108)
+  * Add build-dependency on devscripts for checkbashisms used in
+    t/portable-shells.t
   * No more suggest evms-cli -- it's no more available on any supported
     Dom0 distribution. Thanks to Markus Waldeck for the hint.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no changes)
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dfaa30b..13a9dcf 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: xen-tools
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), libtest-pod-perl, libtext-template-perl
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), libtest-pod-perl, libtext-template-perl, devscripts
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://xen-tools.org/software/xen-tools
 Vcs-Browser: http://gitorious.org/xen-tools/xen-tools