diff --git a/templates/debian/control b/templates/debian/control
index 86a209a03375e99329b4156a48c7c3e27eb2a97d..460cac7e17f1d6957ab5872d5e4e676cbb451d84 100644
--- a/templates/debian/control
+++ b/templates/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16),
                po-debconf,
                wget,
                python,
+	       python-setuptools
 Homepage: http://www.slapos.org
+
 Package: slapos-node
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${misc:Depends},
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
 # slapformat
          bridge-utils,
          uml-utilities,
-# slapgrid-sr
-         libc6-dev | libc-dev,
+# slapgrid-sr needed by most recipes
+	 libc6-dev | libc-dev,
          gcc | c-compiler,
          g++ | c++-compiler,
          make,