diff --git a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control
index 301cd16e8..d410a3ec5 100644
--- a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control
+++ b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/control
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libswresample-dev | libavresample-dev,
  libusb-1.0-0-dev,
  libudev-dev,
- libfdk-aac-dev,
+ libfdk-aac-dev | libfaad-dev,
  libsoxr-dev,
  libdbus-glib-1-dev,
  libpam0g-dev,
diff --git a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules
index 967c5053e..f699e6256 100755
--- a/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules
+++ b/packaging/deb/freerdp-nightly/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 NULL =
 
 DEB_HOST_ARCH=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
+DEB_FDK_SUPPORT=$(shell dpkg-query -s libfdk-aac-dev 2>&1 >/dev/null; echo $$?)
 
+ifeq ($(DEB_FDK_SUPPORT),0)
+	AAC_SUPPORT = -DWITH_FDK_AAC=ON
+endif
 SANITIZE_ADDRESS = -DWITH_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=ON
 
 DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS :=  -GNinja \
@@ -11,7 +15,6 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS :=  -GNinja \
 						  -DCMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=FALSE \
 						  -DWITH_PULSE=ON \
 						  -DWITH_CHANNELS=ON \
-						  -DWITH_FDK_AAC=ON \
 						  -DWITH_AAD=ON \
 						  -DWITH_CUPS=ON \
 						  -DWITH_KRB5=ON \
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS :=  -GNinja \
 						  -DFREERDP_USE_VENDOR_PRODUCT_CONFIG_DIR=ON \
 						  -DSAMPLE_USE_VENDOR_PRODUCT_CONFIG_DIR=ON \
 						  -DSDL_USE_VENDOR_PRODUCT_CONFIG_DIR=ON \
+						  $(AAC_SUPPORT) \
 						  $(SANITIZE_ADDRESS) \
 						  $(NULL)