diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index eab2089..c988b8c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Description: Turnkey FIDO2/U2F/TOTP MFA for Linux desktops (metapackage)
 
 Package: authforge-daemon
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libpam-u2f, libfido2-1
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libpam-u2f, libfido2-1, dbus, policykit-1
 Description: System daemon for authforge MFA management
  Provides the privileged D-Bus service that orchestrates enrollment,
  policy edits, and lockout-prevention checks.