diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f6ea82674..722a1bc80 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9),
                libdbi-dev,
                libtalloc-dev,
                libssl-dev,
+               libsmpp34-dev,
                libasn1c-dev,
                libosmocore-dev,
                libosmo-sccp-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 277d7a42b..15e79dae4 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 # debmake generated override targets
 # Set options for ./configure
-CONFIGURE_FLAGS += --enable-iu
+CONFIGURE_FLAGS += --enable-iu --enable-smpp
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- $(CONFIGURE_FLAGS)
 #