diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f9897ce..6a68ad7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   * New upstream version
   * Standards-Version: 4.6.0 (routine-update)
   * debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)
+  * Rules-Requires-Root: no (routine-update)
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:01:31 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 10f43e8..3646d6b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
                golang-golang-x-crypto-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.6.0
 Homepage: https://github.com/vbauerster/mpb
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-vbauerster-mpb
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-vbauerster-mpb.git
 XS-Go-Import-Path: github.com/vbauerster/mpb