diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 74426d9..35df2fe 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
   <url>http://ros.org/wiki/laser_geometry</url>
 
+  <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
+
   <build_depend>sensor_msgs</build_depend>
   <build_depend>roscpp</build_depend>
   <build_depend>tf</build_depend>