diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 28fcb1e..526fbd3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ libsysstat (0.4.6-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Updated copyright file.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.6.1, no changes necessary.
   * Removed an obsolete '-Wl,--as-needed' linker flag.
+  * Added 'Rules-Require-Root: no' to debian/control.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:46:29 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bc3fbbb..4422a96 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Vcs-Git: https://phab.lubuntu.me/source/libsysstat.git
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/libsysstat
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/libsysstat.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lxqt/libsysstat
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: libsysstat-qt5-0
 Architecture: any