diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 47d2972733..1c1c069d4c 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ gettext [doc test]
 language-pack-en [platform:ubuntu]
 libffi-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 libffi-devel [platform:rpm test]
-libmysqlclient-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libmysqlclient-dev [platform:dpkg !platform:debian]
 libpq-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 libsqlite3-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg test]