diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 63e5dcd..5185323 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pcsc-lite (1.8.26-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release
   * d/control: Standards-Version: 4.3.0 -> 4.4.1. No change needed.
   * d/control: use debhelper-compat = 12
+  * d/control: add Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
  -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Fri, 03 Jan 2020 17:36:08 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e7e44a8..009123a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), flex, libudev-dev [linux-any], libusb2-dev [kfreebsd-any], pkg-config, dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~), libsystemd-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.4.1
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/pcsc-lite.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/pcsc-lite
 Homepage: https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/