diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index 30e8c6a201717c91c3b02ce318ccccccbdc1baae..6474084c32a42dee2acc72c814971455d42c39ff 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if_enabled_echo() {
 
 create_package() {
 	local pname="$1" pdir="$2"
+	local dpkg_deb_opts
 
 	mkdir -m 755 -p "$pdir/DEBIAN"
 	mkdir -p "$pdir/usr/share/doc/$pname"
@@ -36,14 +37,18 @@ create_package() {
 		| xargs -r0 md5sum > DEBIAN/md5sums"
 
 	# Fix ownership and permissions
-	chown -R root:root "$pdir"
+	if [ "$DEB_RULES_REQUIRES_ROOT" = "no" ]; then
+		dpkg_deb_opts="--root-owner-group"
+	else
+		chown -R root:root "$pdir"
+	fi
 	chmod -R go-w "$pdir"
 	# in case we are in a restrictive umask environment like 0077
 	chmod -R a+rX "$pdir"
 
 	# Create the package
 	dpkg-gencontrol -p$pname -P"$pdir"
-	dpkg-deb ${KDEB_COMPRESS:+-Z$KDEB_COMPRESS} --build "$pdir" ..
+	dpkg-deb $dpkg_deb_opts ${KDEB_COMPRESS:+-Z$KDEB_COMPRESS} --build "$pdir" ..
 }
 
 deploy_kernel_headers () {
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index 48fbd3d0284a870ffeb0a9fbb40bfbc4315407ea..dbe42500084cec96a97c747d63da7cd4f10fff71 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ Source: $sourcename
 Section: kernel
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: $maintainer
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Build-Depends: bc, rsync, kmod, cpio, bison, flex | flex:native $extra_build_depends
 Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/