diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ba0f4df7..be4ce5d6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+designate (1:3.0.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Build-depends on openstack-pkg-tools >= 54~ to ensure config script doesn't
+    use net-tools or iproute2, which aren't essential (Closes: #859443).
+
+ -- Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>  Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:50:31 +0200
+
 designate (1:3.0.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Ondřej Nový ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 266cfc21..17c72683 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>,
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
                dh-python,
                dh-systemd,
-               openstack-pkg-tools (>= 53~),
+               openstack-pkg-tools (>= 54~),
                po-debconf,
                python-all,
                python-pbr (>= 1.8),