diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 006ecb092909d19811fd0e636df102cfaf5e8c8a..240186e9cd0098f6564dc6d26b37b5c675cde82f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 override_dh_install:
 	# .la files are specifically unwanted
 	rm -f debian/tmp/usr/lib/*/*.la
-	# break the build if anything else is missed
-	dh_install --fail-missing
+	dh_install
 
 override_dh_strip:
 	dh_strip --dbgsym-migration='prestwood-dbg (<< 0.1703.0-0co1~)'