diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 4c90a026fe..83ebf2d43f 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ libffi-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
 libssl-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
 python3-dev [compile test platform:dpkg]
 python3-devel [compile test platform:rpm]
+libpcre3-dev [test platform:dpkg]