diff --git a/www/mod_perl/files/mod_perl-enable b/www/mod_perl/files/mod_perl-enable
index 2e5dab6e11e..5c68bfbab71 100644
--- a/www/mod_perl/files/mod_perl-enable
+++ b/www/mod_perl/files/mod_perl-enable
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# $OpenBSD: mod_perl-enable,v 1.2 2001/02/09 19:19:40 brad Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: mod_perl-enable,v 1.3 2001/02/12 17:18:55 brad Exp $
 
 MODULE=!!PREFIX!!/lib/mod_perl.so
 
+if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "You must be root to run this script."
+    exit
+fi
+
 if [ ! -f ${MODULE} ]; then
     echo "Can not find mod_perl module (${MODULE})"
     exit 1