diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cdf26bb..272fe7f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                libtalloc-dev,
                libsctp-dev,
                libusb-1.0-0-dev,
-               python3
+               python3:native
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Git: git://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://git.osmocom.org/libosmocore/