diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9ae2ef24cf..cb313e5666 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ruby | ruby-interpreter,
  ruby-omniauth-twitter (>= 1.2.0~),
  ruby-omniauth-crowd (>= 2.2.0~),
  ruby-rack-oauth2 (>= 1.2.1~),
-# reCAPTCHA protection
+# Spam and anti-bot protection
  ruby-recaptcha,
+ ruby-akismet,
 # Two-factor authentication
  ruby-devise-two-factor (>= 2.0.0~),
  ruby-rqrcode-rails3 (>= 0.1.7~),