diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8ffc80f8..08309363 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ midori (0.1.7-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * also set a priority number for the alternative in the distro config
     file. This sets it to 50 for debian, and 39 for ubuntu (just under
     firefox). This addresses the other half of the ubuntu diff.
+  * add dependency on libnotify1
 
- -- Ryan Niebur <ryanryan52@gmail.com>  Fri, 29 May 2009 00:43:08 -0700
+ -- Ryan Niebur <ryanryan52@gmail.com>  Fri, 29 May 2009 01:05:40 -0700
 
 midori (0.1.6-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ea9991d5..6c90e3d0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Homepage: http://software.twotoasts.de/index.php?/pages/midori_summary.html
 
 Package: midori
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, dbus-x11
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, libnotify1, dbus-x11
 Recommends: gnome-icon-theme
 Provides: www-browser
 # For http://bugs.debian.org/522436 (missing symbols):