diff --git a/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl b/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
index bea2a674738165d4466f083e36d880506b775665..1121b5a74d2c445b68442e774ba205600573fc58 100755
--- a/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
+++ b/src/warden-server/bin/getStatus.pl
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ if ($help) {
   usage;
 }
 
+# superuser controle
+my $UID = $<;
+if ($UID != 0) {
+  WardenCommon::errMsg("You must be root for running this script!");
+}
+
 # connect to DB
 our $DBH = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=$WardenCommon::DB_NAME;host=$WardenCommon::DB_HOST", $WardenCommon::DB_USER, $WardenCommon::DB_PASS, {RaiseError => 1, mysql_auto_reconnect => 1})
            || die "Could not connect to database: $DBI::errstr";