diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a08cb3ae33..45b6b910f0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ tor (0.2.2.5-alpha-1) experimental; urgency=low
   * Change order of recommends from privoxy | polipo to polipo | privoxy.
   * Allegedly echo -e is a bashism.  Remove it from debian/rules, we don't
     need it anyways (closes: #478631).
+  * Change the dependency on tsocks to torsocks | tsocks (see: #554717).
 
- -- Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:02:46 +0100
+ -- Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:04:02 +0100
 
 tor (0.2.2.4-alpha-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6282f571dc..a2d7332a5c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Homepage: https://www.torproject.org/
 
 Package: tor
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, adduser, tsocks
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, adduser, torsocks | tsocks
 Conflicts: libssl0.9.8 (<< 0.9.8g-9)
 Recommends: polipo (>= 1) | privoxy, socat, logrotate, tor-geoipdb
 Suggests: mixmaster, mixminion, anon-proxy