diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 0e6520f..f62b440 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -802,11 +802,12 @@ if testtag AX_USE_DEBIAN_PACKAGING; then
 
  -- @AUTHOR@  @BUILD_DATE@
 EOF
+    BUILD_DEPENDS="debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, automake, libtool, autotools-dev, lsb-release $(if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then echo -n ", doxygen, graphviz, mscgen"; fi; if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then echo -n ", libcppunit-dev"; fi; if testtag AX_CXX_QT || testtag AX_CHECK_QT AX_REQUIRE_QT; then echo -n ", qt5-default | qt4-default | qt5-qmake | qt4-qmake, qtbase5-dev | libqt4-dev, qtbase5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools"; fi)"
     to debian/control.in <<EOF
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: @AUTHOR@
-Build-Depends: debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, autotools-dev, lsb-release $(if testtag AX_USE_DOXYGEN; then echo -n ", doxygen, graphviz, mscgen"; fi; if testtag AX_USE_CPPUNIT; then echo -n ", libcppunit-dev"; fi; if testtag AX_CXX_QT || testtag AX_CHECK_QT AX_REQUIRE_QT; then echo -n ", qt5-default | qt4-default | qt5-qmake | qt4-qmake, qtbase5-dev | libqt4-dev, qtbase5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools, qttools5-dev-tools | qt4-dev-tools"; fi)
+Build-Depends: ${BUILD-DEPENDS}
 
 Package: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Section: $(if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then echo  "libs"; fi)
@@ -820,7 +821,7 @@ $(      if testtag AX_USE_LIBTOOL; then
 Package: @PACKAGE_NAME@-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
-Depends: @PACKAGE_NAME@ (= \${binary:Version})
+Depends: @PACKAGE_NAME@ (= \${binary:Version}), ${BUILD-DEPENDS}
 Description: @DESCRIPTION@ - Development Package
 @README_DEB@
 EOF2
diff --git a/resolve-debbuilddeps.sh b/resolve-debbuilddeps.sh
index 89f24ba..92a1b67 100755
--- a/resolve-debbuilddeps.sh
+++ b/resolve-debbuilddeps.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ if test -e debian/control.in -a ! -e debian/control; then
 fi
 
 if test -n "${SCHROOTNAME}"; then
+  schroot -c "${SCHROOTNAME}" -u root -d / -- apt-get install -y dpkg-dev
   DEPS=$(schroot -c "${SCHROOTNAME}" -- dpkg-checkbuilddeps 2>&1 || true)
 else
+  apt-get install -y dpkg-dev
+  apt-get update
   DEPS=$(dpkg-checkbuilddeps 2>&1 || true)
 fi
 DEPS=$(echo "$DEPS" | sed -n '/Unmet build dependencies/ { s,.*Unmet build dependencies: ,,g; s, ([^)]*),,g; s, *| *,|,g; p}')