diff --git a/distros/ubuntu1604/control b/distros/ubuntu1604/control
index 7e57c98a8..1b7b96320 100644
--- a/distros/ubuntu1604/control
+++ b/distros/ubuntu1604/control
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
         ,libfile-slurp-perl
         ,mysql-client | mariadb-client | virtual-mysql-client
         ,perl-modules
-        ,php5-mysql | php-mysql, php5-gd | php-gd , php5-apcu | php-apcu , php-apc | php-apcu-bc
+        ,php5-mysql | php-mysql, php5-gd | php-gd , php5-apcu | php-apcu , php-apc | php-apcu-bc, php-json
         ,policykit-1
         ,rsyslog | system-log-daemon
         ,zip