diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8b95f7a..d082449 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   * Standards-Version: 4.6.0 (routine-update)
   * debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)
   * Add salsa-ci file (routine-update)
+  * Rules-Requires-Root: no (routine-update)
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:02:02 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2907422..3581150 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/miniasm
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/miniasm.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lh3/miniasm
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: miniasm
 Architecture: any