diff --git a/system/build-deb b/system/build-deb
index d161f3bfb..902d51de6 100755
--- a/system/build-deb
+++ b/system/build-deb
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ chown -R `stat -c %u /work/src` /var/lib/aptly
 
 su aptly -c 'set -e; cd /work/src;
 GOPATH=$PWD/.go go generate -v
+# install and initialize swagger
+GOPATH=$PWD/.go go install github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag@latest
+PATH=$PWD/.go/bin:$PATH swag init
 git checkout debian/changelog
 DEBEMAIL="CI <runner@github>" dch -v `make version` "CI build"
 dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -b -d