diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7b6841d..5d7194c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+anki (2.1.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1) bionic; urgency=medium
+
+  * add python3-distutils to run-time dependencies. LP: #1762593
+
+ -- Rolf Leggewie <foss@rolf.leggewie.biz>  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 02:07:32 +0800
+
 anki (2.1.0+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * A stable upstream release!  (Closes: #855942)
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0efa8ea..3c24e75 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends},
 	python3-pyqt5.qtwebchannel (>> 5.11),
 	libqt5core5a (>= 5.11), python3-distutils,
 	python3-bs4, python3-pyaudio, python3-requests,
+	python3-distutils,
 	python3-send2trash, python3-decorator, python3-markdown,
 	libjs-jquery, libjs-jquery-ui, libjs-jquery-flot, libjs-mathjax
 Recommends: python3-matplotlib