diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 4d18de2321b7bf431b28820275128c9ee84c7f10..84725b2e0a0d3e9758db096fc5071f0bd7528d31 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	\
  -DUSE_COIN=ON -DUSE_GSL=OFF					\
  -DUSE_LAPACK=ON -DUSE_OGRE=ON					\
  -DUSE_XML2=ON -DUSE_GTK2=ON -DUSE_LIBJPEG=ON			\
- -DUSE_LIBPNG=ON -DUSE_X11=ON
+ -DUSE_LIBPNG=ON -DUSE_X11=ON -DUSE_LIBFREENECT=ON
 
 # dc1394, v4l and ois are only available on Linux.
 ifneq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS),linux)