diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a9e0f82bcad352602871b3ce65164602a2f88fd5..15b9d0f4608fa871fe7eeeee49578f4c7cf72c84 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ dkimpy-milter (1.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release
   * Update debhelper compat to 12
   * Bump stnadards-version to 4.5.0 without further change
+  * Added misc:Pre-Depends for init-system-helpers (thanks Lintian)
 
  -- Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>  Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:26:51 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e9f2c13b9ba49708c6438d3ce76ad906cb3e3875..fe109b7821a23e408f0f749cab9cdd1cafe8c5d8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/applications/dkimpy-milter
 
 Package: dkimpy-milter
 Architecture: all
+Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
 Depends: adduser,
          python3-authres (>= 1.1),
          python3-dkim (>= 1.0),