diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5b92e35..5001f39 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * Standards-Version: 4.5.1 (routine-update)
   * debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)
   * Add salsa-ci file (routine-update)
+  * Rules-Requires-Root: no (routine-update)
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Sun, 17 Jan 2021 15:15:45 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6d640b3..ef0b8c6 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/ciftilib
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/ciftilib.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/Washington-University/CiftiLib
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: libcifti0
 Architecture: any