diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fb975ddfd63..0350cb4cd8b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends},
  adduser,
+# support for multilingual fonts
+ fonts-dejavu-core | fonts-freefont-ttf | fonts-freefont-otf | fonts-noto-core,
  fonts-inconsolata,
  fonts-font-awesome,
  fonts-roboto-unhinted,