diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e0aa4172f4f..4c49dbfee17 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf,
                libleveldb-dev,
                libnss3-dev,
                libsnappy-dev,
+               libs3-dev,
                libtool,
                libxml2-dev,
                pkg-config,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9b26a3cda83..66207d96a2a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export DEB_HOST_ARCH      ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
 extraopts += --with-ocf --with-rest-bench --with-nss
 extraopts += --with-debug
 extraopts += --enable-cephfs-java
+extraopts += --with-system-libs3
 
 ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH), armel)
   # armel supports ARMv4t or above instructions sets.