diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d6390b0..4758b76 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ lxqt-archiver (0.6.0-0ubuntu2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       have documentation, it probably won't be in the form of a man page.
   * 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>  Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:32:35 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5ca3f92..b0ef0a7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-archiver
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-archiver.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-archiver
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: lxqt-archiver
 Architecture: any