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diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 7e3b00f3..7f9160c4 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
int result;
struct rta_host *host;
+ /* print a helpful error message if geteuid != 0 */
+ np_warn_if_not_root();
+
/* we only need to be setsuid when we get the sockets, so do
* that before pointer magic (esp. on network data) */
icmp_sockerrno = udp_sockerrno = tcp_sockerrno = sockets = 0;