diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index c5ae6c6097..cf94d2a8cb 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # see https://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
 
 gcc [compile test]
+libc6-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
 libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 libffi-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
 libffi6 [platform:dpkg]