diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1662d2f..8bfe70a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   [ Andreas Tille ]
   * Standards-Version: 4.5.0 (routine-update)
   * Add salsa-ci file (routine-update)
+  * Rules-Requires-Root: no (routine-update)
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:23:57 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d2678f2..25087c4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/ctdconverter
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/ctdconverter.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/WorkflowConversion/CTDConverter
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: ctdconverter
 Architecture: all