diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index aed073e5c8c96..09e0fd74d5778 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ Depends: libxml2,
          unixodbc,
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${shlibs:Depends}
+Recommends: curl
 Breaks: mariadb-connect-engine-10.1,
         mariadb-connect-engine-10.2,
         mariadb-connect-engine-10.3