diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 049c3b2..ee25e3d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/libewf
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/libewf.git
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-python
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: libewf2
 Architecture: any