diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index df8e2da..6935119 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 10),
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.1.1
 Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzd.html
 Vcs-Browser: https://sources.progress-linux.org/users/daniel.baumann/debian/packages/lzd