diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 49b5d9c7..c6576844 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Homepage: http://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs
 Package: mergerfs
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
- ${misc:Depends}
+ ${misc:Depends},
+ fuse [linux-any] | fuse4bsd [kfreebsd-any]
 Description: another FUSE union filesystem
- mergerfs is similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs. Like mhddfs in that it too
- uses FUSE. Like aufs in that it provides multiple policies for how to handle
- behavior.
+ mergerfs is a union filesystem geared towards simplifying storage and
+ management of files across numerous commodity storage devices. It is
+ similar to mhddfs, unionfs, and aufs.