diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 10f1050..b5d1985 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (=13),
                python3-apt,
                python3-setuptools
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: lubuntu-update-notifier
 Architecture: all