diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8d92dea..a007f2f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Source: nvme-cli
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper-compat (= 13),