diff --git a/tests/oft b/tests/oft
index fd70935..4f60a2a 100755
--- a/tests/oft
+++ b/tests/oft
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 import logging
 import unittest
 import time
+import os
 
 ##@var DEBUG_LEVELS
 # Map from strings to debugging levels
@@ -433,6 +434,11 @@
 else:
     _verb = 2
 
+if os.getuid() != 0:
+    print "ERROR: Super-user privileges required. Please re-run with " \
+          "sudo or as root."
+    exit(1)
+
 logging.info("*** TEST RUN START: " + time.asctime())
 unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=_verb).run(suite)
 logging.info("*** TEST RUN END  : " + time.asctime())