--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Package: chef
 Architecture: all
 X-DhRuby-Root: .
 Depends: chef-zero (>= 4.5),
+         lsb-base,
          ohai (<< 9),
          ohai (>= 8.6.0.alpha.1),
          ruby | ruby-interpreter,