diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a0111ee0c40b9354e48036d8daa492825067671c..61a1e082d99c020e40b98956664878eef087f6ee 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Description: mass Drupal hosting system
 
 Package: aegir-cluster-slave
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, php5-mysql, sudo, apache2, adduser, ucf, libapache2-mod-php5, rsync, nfs-client
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, php5-mysql, sudo, apache2, adduser, ucf, libapache2-mod-php5, rsync, nfs-client, mysql-client
 Recommends: php5-gd, php5
 Description: web frontend for the Aegir hosting system
  Configuration of lightweight slave servers for the Aegir "pack"