diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 70d8f48ed5..144a51ce86 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/gitlab
 Homepage: https://about.gitlab.com/
 XS-Ruby-Versions: all
 XS-Go-Import-Path: gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: gitlab
 Section: contrib/net