diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 121a22b0..69837656 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ DEB_CONFIGURE_EXTRA_FLAGS := --disable-shared \
 	--with-group-name-max-length=32 \
 	--without-acl \
 	--without-attr \
+	--without-su \
 	--without-tcb \
 	 SHELL=/bin/sh