diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c5ed60a46fc42163cc2cf05e880eb2be27207f55..869dbfcaf899d5930889cf4a84b5c95ea2503fd7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ jnr-netdb (1.1.6-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Wrap and sort dependencies lists.
   * Bump DH compat level to 10.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 4.1.1. No changes were required.
+  * Add Rules-Requires-Root: no.
 
- -- Miguel Landaeta <nomadium@debian.org>  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:40:11 +0000
+ -- Miguel Landaeta <nomadium@debian.org>  Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:41:36 +0000
 
 jnr-netdb (1.1.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 81836e33fb47b8276145b096de501297fcd8e2bf..2ff8de84216630a648a2422aced0125e4bab4e1f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Standards-Version: 4.1.1
 Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-java/jnr-netdb.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-java/jnr-netdb.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/jnr/jnr-netdb
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: libjnr-netdb-java
 Architecture: all