diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 19c2ca8a..c8d085d0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Maintainer: Benjamin Renard <brenard@easter-eggs.com>
 Package: ldapsaisie
 Architecture: all
 Depends: apache2 | httpd, php-ldap | php5-ldap, php-fpm | libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache2-mod-php | php5-cli | php-cli, smarty | smarty3, php-net-ldap2, php-net-ftp, php-mail, php-file-csv-datasource
+Recommends: php-mbstring
 Description:  web based interface for managing LDAP servers content
  LdapSaisie is a Web application developed to manage LDAP directory.
  It has been written in PHP / JavaScript and is published under the