diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 72e00ff..cd86a7b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
  librust-proxmox-sys-0.4+default-dev,
  librust-serde-1+default-dev,
  librust-serde-1+derive-dev,
- librust-syslog-4+default-dev
+ librust-syslog-4+default-dev,
+ patchelf,
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Vcs-Git: git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox-mail-forward.git
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a59e8be..de46826 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ export CARGO_HOME = $(CURDIR)/debian/cargo_home
 
 override_dh_fixperms:
 	dh_fixperms --exclude proxmox-mail-forward
+
+override_dh_strip:
+	dh_strip
+	patchelf --remove-needed librt.so.1 debian/proxmox-mail-forward/usr/bin/proxmox-mail-forward