diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1aed8e73394..af4af4e2350 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Description: Open vSwitch common components
 Package: openvswitch-switch
 Architecture: linux-any
 Suggests: openvswitch-datapath-module
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, openvswitch-common (= ${binary:Version}), kmod, procps, uuid-runtime, netbase, python-argparse
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, openvswitch-common (= ${binary:Version}), kmod | module-init-tools, procps, uuid-runtime, netbase, python-argparse
 Description: Open vSwitch switch implementations
  Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based,
  Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network