diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b5b357f..1f1975e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
                libusb-1.0-0-dev,
                libmnl-dev,
                libsystemd-dev,
+               base-files (<< 11) | liburing-dev,
                python3:native
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Vcs-Git: https://gitea.osmocom.org/osmocom/libosmocore
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 91d5678..efa5adc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,8 +25,19 @@
 override_dh_auto_test:
 	dh_auto_test || (find . -name testsuite.log -exec cat {} \; ; false)
 
+# Set --disable-uring for debian < 11 based distributions
 override_dh_auto_configure:
-	dh_auto_configure -- --enable-static --disable-sctp-tests --enable-systemd-logging
+	set -x && \
+	CONFIGURE_FLAGS=" \
+		--disable-sctp-tests \
+		--enable-static \
+		--enable-systemd-logging \
+	"; \
+	base_ver="$$(dpkg -l base-files | grep "^ii" | awk '{print $$3}')"; \
+	if dpkg --compare-versions "$$base_ver" lt 11; then \
+		CONFIGURE_FLAGS="$$CONFIGURE_FLAGS --disable-uring"; \
+	fi; \
+	dh_auto_configure -- $$CONFIGURE_FLAGS
 
 override_dh_clean:
 	dh_clean