diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 79666ace2e5..5edac5f66a8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Alexey Milovidov <milovidov@yandex-team.ru>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                cmake3 | cmake,
+               ninja-build,
                gcc-7, g++-7,
                libc6-dev,
                libmariadbclient-dev | default-libmysqlclient-dev | libmysqlclient-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 7990db33b1c..4cef8702e05 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ endif
 endif
 
 CMAKE_FLAGS += -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=`which $(CXX)` -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=`which $(CC)`
+CMAKE_FLAGS += -GNinja
+export MAKE=ninja
 
 ifndef DH_VERBOSE
     CMAKE_FLAGS += -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=0