diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5e30ab2..5330666 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Source: virt-viewer
 Section: admin
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers <pkg-libvirt-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>, Laurent Léonard <laurent@open-minds.org>
 Build-Depends: