diff --git a/btrfs-corrupt-block.c b/btrfs-corrupt-block.c
index b57e757..083fd50 100644
--- a/btrfs-corrupt-block.c
+++ b/btrfs-corrupt-block.c
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 
 	srand(128);
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "l:c:b:eEk", long_options,
diff --git a/btrfs-image.c b/btrfs-image.c
index 7dc131d..fd9b28a 100644
--- a/btrfs-image.c
+++ b/btrfs-image.c
@@ -831,6 +831,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int ret;
 	FILE *out;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while (1) {
 		int c = getopt(argc, argv, "rc:t:");
 		if (c < 0)
diff --git a/btrfs-map-logical.c b/btrfs-map-logical.c
index fa4fb3f..59f2f0e 100644
--- a/btrfs-map-logical.c
+++ b/btrfs-map-logical.c
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	int out_fd = 0;
 	int err;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "l:c:o:b:", long_options,
diff --git a/btrfs-select-super.c b/btrfs-select-super.c
index 0c4f5c0..049379d 100644
--- a/btrfs-select-super.c
+++ b/btrfs-select-super.c
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	int num;
 	u64 bytenr = 0;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt(ac, av, "s:");
diff --git a/btrfs-show-super.c b/btrfs-show-super.c
index a9e2524..2fa4776 100644
--- a/btrfs-show-super.c
+++ b/btrfs-show-super.c
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int arg, i;
 	u64 sb_bytenr = btrfs_sb_offset(0);
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ai:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'i':
diff --git a/btrfs-show.c b/btrfs-show.c
index 8210fd2..6b3b91a 100644
--- a/btrfs-show.c
+++ b/btrfs-show.c
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		"** Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility\n"
 		"**\n");
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "", long_options,
diff --git a/btrfs-vol.c b/btrfs-vol.c
index ad824bd..7e02f72 100644
--- a/btrfs-vol.c
+++ b/btrfs-vol.c
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		"** Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility\n"
 		"**\n");
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "a:br:", long_options,
diff --git a/btrfs-zero-log.c b/btrfs-zero-log.c
index 1ea867b..80e4e38 100644
--- a/btrfs-zero-log.c
+++ b/btrfs-zero-log.c
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	if (ac != 2)
 		print_usage();
 
diff --git a/btrfs.c b/btrfs.c
index 687acec..328966b 100644
--- a/btrfs.c
+++ b/btrfs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "crc32c.h"
 #include "commands.h"
@@ -261,6 +262,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	const struct cmd_struct *cmd;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	crc32c_optimization_init();
 
 	argc--;
diff --git a/btrfsck.c b/btrfsck.c
index 6274ff7..bdfdfc5 100644
--- a/btrfsck.c
+++ b/btrfsck.c
@@ -3501,6 +3501,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	int init_csum_tree = 0;
 	int rw = 0;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "as:", long_options,
diff --git a/btrfsctl.c b/btrfsctl.c
index 049a5f3..cbe41e7 100644
--- a/btrfsctl.c
+++ b/btrfsctl.c
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 		"** Please consider to switch to the btrfs utility\n"
 		"**\n");
 	
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	if (ac == 2 && strcmp(av[1], "-a") == 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Scanning for Btrfs filesystems\n");
 		btrfs_scan_one_dir("/dev", 1);
diff --git a/btrfstune.c b/btrfstune.c
index 6950f74..d4017f1 100644
--- a/btrfstune.c
+++ b/btrfstune.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int seeding_value = 0;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c = getopt(argc, argv, "S:");
 		if (c < 0)
diff --git a/calc-size.c b/calc-size.c
index c4adfb0..0d3442c 100644
--- a/calc-size.c
+++ b/calc-size.c
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int opt;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "vb")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 			case 'v':
diff --git a/convert.c b/convert.c
index 1de2a44..1b0e27c 100644
--- a/convert.c
+++ b/convert.c
@@ -2770,6 +2770,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int datacsum = 1;
 	int rollback = 0;
 	char *file;
+
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c = getopt(argc, argv, "dinr");
 		if (c < 0)
diff --git a/debug-tree.c b/debug-tree.c
index f6bd5d8..5b2f531 100644
--- a/debug-tree.c
+++ b/debug-tree.c
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	u64 block_only = 0;
 	struct btrfs_root *tree_root_scan;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	radix_tree_init();
 
 	while(1) {
diff --git a/dir-test.c b/dir-test.c
index c7644d6..9fa5b06 100644
--- a/dir-test.c
+++ b/dir-test.c
@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	int err = 0;
 	int initial_only = 0;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	radix_tree_init();
 
 	root = open_ctree(av[ac-1], &super, 0);
diff --git a/find-root.c b/find-root.c
index 83f1592..06465eb 100644
--- a/find-root.c
+++ b/find-root.c
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int opt;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "vo:")) != -1) {
 		switch(opt) {
 			case 'v':
diff --git a/ioctl-test.c b/ioctl-test.c
index 1c27d61..299d2af 100644
--- a/ioctl-test.c
+++ b/ioctl-test.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "kerncompat.h"
 #include "ioctl.h"
 
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ unsigned long ioctls[] = {
 int main(int ac, char **av)
 {
 	int i = 0;
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(ioctls[i]) {
 		printf("%lu\n" ,ioctls[i]);
 		i++;
diff --git a/mkfs.c b/mkfs.c
index a129ec4..501e384 100644
--- a/mkfs.c
+++ b/mkfs.c
@@ -1274,6 +1274,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
 	u64 source_dir_size = 0;
 	char *pretty_buf;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", av[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while(1) {
 		int c;
 		c = getopt_long(ac, av, "A:b:l:n:s:m:d:L:r:VMK", long_options,
diff --git a/quick-test.c b/quick-test.c
index 05d73fd..e2d6f78 100644
--- a/quick-test.c
+++ b/quick-test.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "kerncompat.h"
 #include "radix-tree.h"
 #include "ctree.h"
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ int main(int ac, char **av) {
 	buf = malloc(512);
 	memset(buf, 0, 512);
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	radix_tree_init();
 
 	root = open_ctree(av[1], BTRFS_SUPER_INFO_OFFSET, O_RDWR);
diff --git a/restore.c b/restore.c
index 80afb84..4efc8b5 100644
--- a/restore.c
+++ b/restore.c
@@ -771,6 +771,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int super_mirror = 0;
 	int find_dir = 0;
 
+	if (geteuid() != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"Error: %s must run as root\n", argv[0]);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "sviot:u:df:")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 			case 's':
