diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d5b35f1..84e09e7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Build-Depends: bison,
                texinfo,
                lua5.3 <pkg.frr.lua>,
                liblua5.3-dev <pkg.frr.lua>
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.7.0
 Homepage: https://www.frrouting.org
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/FRRouting/frr/tree/debian/master