diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 72bb9ba..07d57f8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Source: golang-github-pkg-xattr
 Section: devel
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <pkg-go-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Félix Sipma <felix+debian@gueux.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),