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diff --git a/fetchmail.c b/fetchmail.c
index 6079f4ff..d9ef9927 100644
--- a/fetchmail.c
+++ b/fetchmail.c
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
iana_charset = "US-ASCII";
#endif
+ if (getuid() == 0) {
+ report(stderr, GT_("WARNING: Running as root is discouraged.\n"));
+ }
+
/*
* Note: because we can't initialize reporting before we know whether
* syslog is supposed to be on, this message will go to stdout and