diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 557df438..9e350bad 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+notmuch (0.26.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Mark gdb and dtach as <!nocheck>, meaning they are only needed for
+    the test suite.
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Sun, 06 May 2018 07:10:42 -0300
+
 notmuch (0.26.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Upstream bugfix release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c3fe710a..0b2aeb7e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Build-Depends:
  emacs25-nox | emacs25 (>=25~) | emacs25-lucid (>=25~) |
  emacs24-nox | emacs24 (>=24~) | emacs24-lucid (>=24~) |
  emacs23-nox | emacs23 (>=23~) | emacs23-lucid (>=23~),
- gdb [!s390x !ia64 !armel !ppc64el !mips !mipsel !mips64el !kfreebsd-any !alpha],
- dtach (>= 0.8),
+ gdb [!s390x !ia64 !armel !ppc64el !mips !mipsel !mips64el !kfreebsd-any !alpha] <!nocheck>,
+ dtach (>= 0.8) <!nocheck>,
  gpgsm <!nocheck>,
  gnupg <!nocheck>,
  bash-completion (>=1.9.0~)