diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a077c98..e0d589f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       - debian/control: changed from 'debhelper' to 'debhelper-compat' in
         Build-Depends field and bumped level to 12.
   * debian/control:
+      - Added 'Rules-Requires-Root: no' to source stanza.
       - Bumped Standards-Version to 4.4.1.
 
   [ Samuel Henrique ]
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 82b5b88..fd4aee5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 Uploaders: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), libgdbm-dev, libgdbm-compat-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.4.1
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Homepage: https://github.com/jbj/magicrescue
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/magicrescue.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/magicrescue