diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2308159..ad0f963 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-sugar-team/sugar-etoys-activity.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-sugar-team/sugar-etoys-activity
 Homepage: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Etoys
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: sugar-etoys-activity
 Architecture: all