diff --git a/deb/common/control b/deb/common/control
index 8ddce8093c..6d03361193 100644
--- a/deb/common/control
+++ b/deb/common/control
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Vcs-Git: git://github.com/docker/docker.git
 
 Package: docker-ce
 Architecture: linux-any
+Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
 Depends: containerd.io (>= 1.6.24),
          docker-ce-cli,
          iptables,