diff --git a/packages/lmdb/lmdb.1.0/opam b/packages/lmdb/lmdb.1.0/opam
index 9d5ca7cb5e2c..06c4af3963c9 100644
--- a/packages/lmdb/lmdb.1.0/opam
+++ b/packages/lmdb/lmdb.1.0/opam
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ depends: [
 ]
 
 depexts: [
-  ["liblmdb-dev"] {os-family = "debian"}
+  ["liblmdb-dev"] {os-family = "debian" | os-family = "ubuntu"}
   ["lmdb"] {os-family = "bsd"}
   ["lmdb"] {os-family = "homebrew"}
   ["lmdb"] {os-family = "macports"}