diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 560a6cd..74d8d58 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ lxqt-powermanagement (1.1.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1) jammy; urgency=medium
     in a desktop file.
   * 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 to silence Lintian's
+    silent-on-rules-requiring-root.
 
  -- Aaron Rainbolt <arraybolt3@gmail.com>  Wed, 06 Jul 2022 23:27:06 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5c58e8b..a425422 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Vcs-Git: https://phab.lubuntu.me/source/lxqt-policykit.git
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-powermanagement
 XS-Debian-Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/lxqt-team/lxqt-powermanagement.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-powermanagement
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: lxqt-powermanagement
 Architecture: any