diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cc9660f7..52fb1538 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ Package: i3-wm
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, x11-utils
 Provides: x-window-manager
-Suggests: rxvt-unicode | x-terminal-emulator
-Recommends: xfonts-base, fonts-dejavu-core, libanyevent-i3-perl (>= 0.12), libjson-xs-perl
+Recommends: xfonts-base, fonts-dejavu-core, libanyevent-i3-perl (>= 0.12), libjson-xs-perl, rxvt-unicode | x-terminal-emulator
 Description: improved dynamic tiling window manager
  Key features of i3 are good documentation, reasonable defaults (changeable in
  a simple configuration file) and good multi-monitor support. The user