diff --git a/debian/list.go b/debian/list.go
index 80cab2ac..189448a9 100644
--- a/debian/list.go
+++ b/debian/list.go
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ const (
 // VerifyDependencies looks for missing dependencies in package list.
 //
 // Analysis would be peformed for each architecture
-func (l *PackageList) VerifyDependencies(options int, architectures []string, sources *PackageIndexedList) ([]string, error) {
-	missing := make([]string, 0, 100)
+func (l *PackageList) VerifyDependencies(options int, architectures []string, sources *PackageIndexedList) ([]Dependency, error) {
+	missing := make([]Dependency, 0, 100)
 
 	for _, arch := range architectures {
 		for _, p := range l.packages {
@@ -76,13 +76,15 @@ func (l *PackageList) VerifyDependencies(options int, architectures []string, so
 			}
 
 			for _, dep := range p.GetDependencies(options) {
-				pkg, relation, version, err := parseDependency(dep)
+				dep, err := parseDependency(dep)
 				if err != nil {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to process pkg %s: %s", p, err)
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to process package %s: %s", p, err)
 				}
 
-				if sources.Search(arch, pkg, relation, version) != nil {
-					missing = append(missing, fmt.Sprintf("%s [%s]", formatDependency(pkg, relation, version), arch))
+				dep.Architecture = arch
+
+				if sources.Search(dep) != nil {
+					missing = append(missing, dep)
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ func (l *PackageIndexedList) Append(pl *PackageList) {
 }
 
 // Search searches package index for specified package
-func (l *PackageIndexedList) Search(arch string, pkg string, relation int, version string) *Package {
+func (l *PackageIndexedList) Search(dep Dependency) *Package {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/debian/version.go b/debian/version.go
index f66b3843..b3203f56 100644
--- a/debian/version.go
+++ b/debian/version.go
@@ -180,11 +180,19 @@ const (
 	VersionGreater
 )
 
+// Dependency is a parsed version of Debian dependency to package
+type Dependency struct {
+	Pkg          string
+	Relation     int
+	Version      string
+	Architecture string
+}
+
 // parseDependency parses dependency in format "pkg (>= 1.35)" into parts
-func parseDependency(dep string) (pkg string, relation int, version string, err error) {
+func parseDependency(dep string) (d Dependency, err error) {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(dep, ")") {
-		pkg = strings.TrimSpace(dep)
-		relation = VersionDontCare
+		d.Pkg = strings.TrimSpace(dep)
+		d.Relation = VersionDontCare
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -194,27 +202,27 @@ func parseDependency(dep string) (pkg string, relation int, version string, err
 		return
 	}
 
-	pkg = strings.TrimSpace(dep[0:i])
+	d.Pkg = strings.TrimSpace(dep[0:i])
 
 	rel := dep[i+1 : i+2]
 	if dep[i+2] == '>' || dep[i+2] == '<' || dep[i+2] == '=' {
 		rel += dep[i+2 : i+3]
-		version = strings.TrimSpace(dep[i+3 : len(dep)-1])
+		d.Version = strings.TrimSpace(dep[i+3 : len(dep)-1])
 	} else {
-		version = strings.TrimSpace(dep[i+2 : len(dep)-1])
+		d.Version = strings.TrimSpace(dep[i+2 : len(dep)-1])
 	}
 
 	switch rel {
 	case "<", "<=":
-		relation = VersionLessOrEqual
+		d.Relation = VersionLessOrEqual
 	case ">", ">=":
-		relation = VersionGreaterOrEqual
+		d.Relation = VersionGreaterOrEqual
 	case "<<":
-		relation = VersionLess
+		d.Relation = VersionLess
 	case ">>":
-		relation = VersionGreater
+		d.Relation = VersionGreater
 	case "=":
-		relation = VersionEqual
+		d.Relation = VersionEqual
 	default:
 		err = fmt.Errorf("relation unknown: %s", rel)
 	}
diff --git a/debian/version_test.go b/debian/version_test.go
index 2f448678..7d83cf21 100644
--- a/debian/version_test.go
+++ b/debian/version_test.go
@@ -99,57 +99,57 @@ func (s *VersionSuite) TestCompareVersions(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *VersionSuite) TestParseDependency(c *C) {
-	p, r, v, e := parseDependency("dpkg (>= 1.6)")
+	d, e := parseDependency("dpkg (>= 1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionGreaterOrEqual)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreaterOrEqual)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg(>>1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg(>>1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionGreater)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreater)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg (> 1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg (> 1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionGreaterOrEqual)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreaterOrEqual)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg (< 1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg (< 1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionLessOrEqual)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionLessOrEqual)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg (= 1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg (= 1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionEqual)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionEqual)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg (<< 1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg (<< 1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionLess)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionLess)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg(>>1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg(>>1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionGreater)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "1.6")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreater)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg ")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg ")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
-	c.Check(p, Equals, "dpkg")
-	c.Check(r, Equals, VersionDontCare)
-	c.Check(v, Equals, "")
+	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
+	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionDontCare)
+	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg(==1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg(==1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "relation unknown.*")
 
-	p, r, v, e = parseDependency("dpkg==1.6)")
+	d, e = parseDependency("dpkg==1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "unable to parse.*")
 }