diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5ceb21a0..059baf56 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6b3), python-all (>= 2.6.6-3), debhelper (>= 7)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
+X-Python-Version: >= 2.7
 
 Package: python-djangorestframework
 Architecture: all