diff --git a/tools/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control b/tools/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control
index 417a8258274..5854b1f4a19 100644
--- a/tools/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/tools/distpackages/templates/libgrpc/DEBIAN/control
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Package: libgrpc
 Version: 0.5.0
 Architecture: amd64
 Maintainer: Jan Tattermusch <jtattermusch@google.com>
-Depends: libc6
+Depends: libc6, openssl (1.0.2-1)
+Build-Depends-Indep: openssl (1.0.2-1)
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
 Homepage: https://github.com/grpc/grpc