diff --git a/gstlal/configure.ac b/gstlal/configure.ac
index 4f08658a3a6dcadd783586071de5b131fd2f29d0..5f7859dd3e17c7af650827dd51dc53b2116e58cd 100644
--- a/gstlal/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal/configure.ac
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ AX_PYTHON_SYMBOL([lal], [LIGOTimeGPS])
 #
 
 
+AC_SUBST([MIN_DQSEGDB2_VERSION], [1.0.1])
 AC_SUBST([MIN_LIGO_SEGMENTS_VERSION], [1.2.0])
 AX_PYTHON_LIGO_SEGMENTS([$MIN_LIGO_SEGMENTS_VERSION])
 AC_SUBST([MIN_LIGO_LW_VERSION], [1.7.0])
diff --git a/gstlal/debian/control.in b/gstlal/debian/control.in
index 076b72eeacd907e8f36c7aa9dcb27f86ae99bb33..2146a9046cdf2c0e111898d70af085b2ba6bd96d 100644
--- a/gstlal/debian/control.in
+++ b/gstlal/debian/control.in
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${python:Depends},
  python3-avahi,
  python3-gi (>= @MIN_PYGOBJECT_VERSION@),
  python3-gst-1.0,
+ python3-dqsegdb2 (>= @MIN_DQSEGDB2_VERSION@),
  python3-gwdatafind (>= @MIN_GWDATAFIND_VERSION@),
  python3-lal (>= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@),
  python3-ligo-lw (>= @MIN_LIGO_LW_VERSION@),
diff --git a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
index 6a521da33e89efd0f15503d8bfa252a17ba2d4ae..1ac89ce8697bb9919a530d3c3019cfce94d3ac81 100644
--- a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Requires: lalburst >= @MIN_LALBURST_VERSION@
 Requires: lalmetaio >= @MIN_LALMETAIO_VERSION@
 Requires: lalinspiral >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
 Requires: lalsimulation >= @MIN_LALSIMULATION_VERSION@
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-dqsegdb2 >= @MIN_DQSEGDB2_VERSION@
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-gwdatafind >= @MIN_GWDATAFIND_VERSION@
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-ligo-lw >= @MIN_LIGO_LW_VERSION@