diff --git a/electron-builder.yml b/electron-builder.yml
index 31900a2..029025c 100644
--- a/electron-builder.yml
+++ b/electron-builder.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,20 @@ linux:
   target:
     - AppImage
     - deb
+
+# Debian package options live at the config root in electron-builder v26.
+# Setting `depends` replaces the auto-generated list, so keep its entries and
+# add what Electron links but the defaults omit — notably libasound2 (ALSA),
+# which barebones desktop installs can lack.
+deb:
+  depends:
+    - libgtk-3-0
+    - libnotify4
+    - libnss3
+    - libxss1
+    - libxtst6
+    - xdg-utils
+    - libatspi2.0-0
+    - libuuid1
+    - libsecret-1-0
+    - libasound2