diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3408691..de291c9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  DEPS: build-essential git
+  DEPS: build-essential git modemmanager-dev libmm-glib-dev
   WANT_BUILD_DEPS: "true"
 
 before_script:
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 72e9929..d50be5e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 11),
  libhandy-0.0-dev,
  libgtk-3-dev,
+ modemmanager-dev,
+ libmm-glib-dev,
  meson,
  pkg-config,
 # to run the tests