diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 00c6f81..737af0f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ lxqt-admin (1.1.0-0ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Removed redundant Repository-Browser field from d/upstream/metadata.
   * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.6.1, no changes necessary.
   * Removed obsolete "-Wl,--as-needed" linker flag.
+  * Added "Rules-Requires-Root: no" to debian/control.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Sun, 03 Jul 2022 22:19:48 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 03ce762..9b3c074 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Vcs-Git: https://phab.lubuntu.me/source/lxqt-admin.git
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-admin
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-admin.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-admin
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: lxqt-admin
 Architecture: any