diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d5635023efd6754d41fa5094c5a0b4a6cade6522..8438e6df578e985b32bed76c14db45cc685970dd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+apertis-dev-tools (0.1612.4) 16.12; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add dependency on python3-gi
+
+ -- Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk>  Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:12:54 +0100
+
 apertis-dev-tools (0.1612.3) 16.12; urgency=medium
 
   [ Justin Kim ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1a032f089613b3f0488ac5fea3fbe09986dffbf9..ff579f35a6eb12623b9749ef2c80e5cd7adf8a63 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-argcomplete,
  python3-xdg,
  python3-paramiko,
+ python3-gi,
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 
 Package: apertis-dev-tools
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ Depends:
  python3-argcomplete,
  python3-xdg,
  python3-paramiko,
+ python3-gi,
 Recommends: gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf
 Description: Apertis development tools to help building, deploying and
  debugging applications