diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dd8f96412630da17b0df4720f9ce0fdfdf178553..13337d24a88da8bfb23b2770f24c1e1e79675004 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Homepage: https://code.grnet.gr/projects/snf-image-creator
 
 Package: snf-image-creator
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-progress (>=1.0.2), python-ansicolors, python-dialog, kamaki, python-guestfs
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends}, python-progress (>=1.0.2), python-ansicolors, python-dialog, kamaki, python-guestfs, python-sendfile
 XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
 Description: Synnefo Image Creator
  snf-image-creator is a command line tool for creating OS images to be used
diff --git a/debian/pydist-overrides b/debian/pydist-overrides
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6865beb8932735e493dc10610cc0166e928bb045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/pydist-overrides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+py-sendfile python-sendfile