diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f77ac91..55c58dc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-docopt,
  python3-pytest,
  python3-setuptools,
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 Homepage: https://github.com/matthewdeanmartin/colorclass/
 Vcs-Browser: https://git.progress-linux.org/users/daniel.baumann/debian/packages/colorclass