diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8e42450..f00ecb2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Package: libcomedi-dev
 Section: devel
 Architecture: any
 Depends: libcomedi0 (= ${Source-Version}), libc6-dev
-Description: Development libary for Comedi
+Description: Development library for Comedi
  Comedilib is a library for using Comedi, a driver interface for data
  acquisition hardware.
 
 Package: libcomedi0
 Section: libs
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: makedev (>=2.3.1-56), ${shlibs:Depends}
 Description: Library for Comedi
  Comedilib is a library for using Comedi, a driver interface for data
  acquisition hardware.