Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
 tests/json_echo/run-test.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/json_echo/run-test.py b/tests/json_echo/run-test.py
index a6bdfc61afd7b..a3085b35ade6b 100755
--- a/tests/json_echo/run-test.py
+++ b/tests/json_echo/run-test.py
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import os
 import json
 import argparse
 
+if os.getuid() != 0:
+    print("You need to be root to run this, sorry")
+    sys.exit(77)
+
 TESTS_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(TESTS_PATH, '../../py/'))
 
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