diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
index 7962dff91..dd2a98fc9 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 VERSION_ID_NUM=$(sed 's/\.//g' <<< $VERSION_ID)
 # Includes Ubuntu, Debian
 # Minimal install
-apt-get install -y gcc g++ make libcunit1-dev libaio-dev libssl-dev libjson-c-dev libcmocka-dev \
-	uuid-dev libiscsi-dev python libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev python3-pip
+apt-get install -y gcc g++ make libcunit1-dev libaio-dev libssl-dev libjson-c-dev libcmocka-dev uuid-dev libiscsi-dev
+if [[ $NAME == "Ubuntu" ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID_NUM -ge 2204 ]]; then
+	# there is no python package in Ubuntu 22.04
+	apt-get install -y python3
+else
+	apt-get install -y python
+fi
+apt-get install -y libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev python3-pip
 pip3 install ninja
 if ! pip3 install meson; then
 	# After recent updates pip3 on ubuntu1604 provides meson version which requires python >= 3.6.