diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b79f9ff..5841015 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-elpa
 Standards-Version: 4.4.0
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-elpa
 Homepage: https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-deferred
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/emacsen-team/emacs-deferred