diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 63b277a..9c13946 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ partman-btrfs (53) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Nicholas D Steeves ]
   * Add minimal subvolume support for /.
   * Migrate to debhelper-compat 13.
+  * Assert Rules-Requires-Root: no.
 
  -- Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com>  Mon, 09 Mar 2020 17:26:59 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2ab7085..070e70b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: standard
 Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Anton Zinoviev <zinoviev@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-di, po-debconf (>= 0.5.0)
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-btrfs
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-btrfs.git