diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2abf204..ff4c259 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ xen-tools (4.7-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Use "$(MAKE)" instead of "make" in debian/rules.
   * debian/control: Drop "Testsuite: autopkgtest" header, no more needed.
   * Switch "activate" trigger to "activate-noawait".
+  * Recommend e2fsprogs. (Closes: #887236)
 
  -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Mon, 23 Jan 2017 01:36:27 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e5bbae8..45aebc2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Depends: debootstrap | cdebootstrap,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${perl:Depends}
 Recommends: debian-archive-keyring,
+            e2fsprogs,
             libexpect-perl,
             lvm2,
             rinse (>= 1.9.1-1),