diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9457c45..62311c0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+mate-system-monitor (1.8.0+dfsg1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control:
+    + mate-system-monitor depends on mate-system-monitor-common.
+
+ -- Stefano Karapetsas <stefano@karapetsas.com>  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:53:37 +0200
+
 mate-system-monitor (1.8.0+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f3f1bc0..df87f90 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Package: mate-system-monitor
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
+         mate-system-monitor-common (= ${source:Version}),
 Recommends: libgksu2-0,
             gvfs,
 Description: Process viewer and system resource monitor for MATE