diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4b6753aeb..cbbd61715 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
     python-pil,
     python-tablib,
     python-chardet,
-    python-attr,
+    python-attr (>=17),
     python-atomicwrites
 Breaks: python-authentic2-auth-fc (<< 0.26)
 Replaces: python-authentic2-auth-fc (<< 0.26)