diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.99 b/testsuite/expect/test1.99
index 522101c6ab14c3a9fbf415dbfdeea78afe3e7d27..27c632f1b4eab4cc4aabfd0dd9e74bae66c01b79 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.99
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.99
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ array set ports {}
 
 print_header $test_id
 
+if { ![test_super_user] } {
+        send_user "\nWARNING: This test can't be run without being a super user of the cluster.\n"
+	exit 0
+}
 if {$chk_ports == 0} {
 	send_user "\nWARNING: this test requires SrunPortRange to be configured\n"
 	exit 0