diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2e35664..cdd8687 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  isort <!nocheck>,
  libhugetlbfs-dev,
  libjson-c-dev,
- libnvme-dev,
+ libnvme-dev (>= 1.1~),
  libssl-dev,
  meson,
  mypy <!nocheck>,