diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9e7a415..226b773 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ccid (1.4.30-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * d/watch: The project moved to https://ccid.apdu.fr/
   * Move from debhelper compat 9 to 11
   * d/watch: check upstream signature
+  * d/control: change Priority: from extra to optional
 
  -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:44:15 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0ac49e2..8f2b61c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Source: ccid
 Section: libs
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~), libusb-1.0-0-dev, libpcsclite-dev (>= 1.8.3~), flex, pkg-config
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8