diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index db3f79e6d..ca5ed140d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Homepage: https://libgit2.github.com/
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libgit2.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libgit2
-
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: libgit2-dev
 Architecture: any