diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 845a08cd4c..5d75c325e2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: git-core
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
-Build-Depends-Indep: libz-dev, libssl-dev, libcurl3-dev, asciidoc (>= 6.0.3), xmlto, debhelper (>= 4.0.0)
+Build-Depends-Indep: libz-dev, libssl-dev, libcurl3-dev, asciidoc (>= 6.0.3), xmlto, debhelper (>= 4.0.0), bc
 Standards-Version: 3.6.1
 
 Package: git-core
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 1a53ca2398..568d430932 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ MAN_DESTDIR := $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)
 build: debian/build-stamp
 debian/build-stamp:
 	dh_testdir
-	$(MAKE) prefix=$(PREFIX) PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/python2.4 all doc
+	$(MAKE) prefix=$(PREFIX) PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/python2.4 all doc test
 	touch debian/build-stamp
 
 debian-clean: