diff --git a/components/packaging/deb/common/control b/components/packaging/deb/common/control
index a3285cd0cf..a12448f1a8 100644
--- a/components/packaging/deb/common/control
+++ b/components/packaging/deb/common/control
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Recommends: aufs-tools,
             ca-certificates,
             cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite,
             git,
+            pigz,
             xz-utils,
             ${apparmor:Recommends}
 Conflicts: docker (<< 1.5~), docker.io, lxc-docker, lxc-docker-virtual-package, docker-engine, docker-engine-cs, docker-ee