diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 42a5c7d9..e66c907e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: magit
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), emacs, texinfo
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7), emacsen, texinfo
 Standards-Version: 3.6.0
 
 Package: magit