diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4c98f8d9..30330ce5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Standards-Version: 3.7.2
 Package: fail2ban
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${python:Depends}, iptables, lsb-base (>=2.0-7)
+Suggests: python-gamin
 XB-Python-Version: 2.4
 Description: bans IPs that cause multiple authentication errors
  Monitors log files (e.g. /var/log/auth.log,