diff --git a/changes/bug9207 b/changes/bug9207
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66f8e344e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug9207
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+  o Minor Bugfixes:
+    - Updated configuration advice for installing openssl on Debian. Fixes #9207.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4aeec929ef..2ea69c9846 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ dnl ------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Where do you live, openssl?  And how do we call you?
 
 tor_openssl_pkg_redhat="openssl"
-tor_openssl_pkg_debian="libssl"
+tor_openssl_pkg_debian="libssl-dev"
 tor_openssl_devpkg_redhat="openssl-devel"
 tor_openssl_devpkg_debian="libssl-dev"