diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2decb1f..86b1139 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+propellor (2.7.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Make sure that make is installed when bootstrapping propellor.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Wed, 12 Aug 2015 19:19:28 -0400
+
 propellor (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Ssh.permitRootLogin type changed to allow configuring WithoutPassword
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5110778..25c3d47 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
 	libghc-transformers-dev,
 	libghc-exceptions-dev (>= 0.6),
 	git,
+	make,
 Description: property-based host configuration management in haskell
  Propellor enures that the system it's run in satisfies a list of
  properties, taking action as necessary when a property is not yet met.
diff --git a/src/Propellor/Bootstrap.hs b/src/Propellor/Bootstrap.hs
index 1cf921c..6812b4a 100644
--- a/src/Propellor/Bootstrap.hs
+++ b/src/Propellor/Bootstrap.hs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ depsCommand = "( " ++ intercalate " ; " (concat [osinstall, cabalinstall]) ++ "
 		, "libghc-mtl-dev"
 		, "libghc-transformers-dev"
 		, "libghc-exceptions-dev"
+		, "make"
 		]
 
 installGitCommand :: ShellCommand