diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.101 b/testsuite/expect/test1.101
index 6fa90a45e791c5737625f755db5bb8e1ff79306a..65fcecf2b139ac652807b31e6cc02c2123c303e7 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.101
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.101
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env expect
 ############################################################################
 # Purpose: Test of SLURM functionality
-#          est of --bcast option.
+#          Test of --bcast option.
 #
 # Output:  "TEST: #.#" followed by "SUCCESS" if test was successful, OR
 #          "WARNING: ..." with an explanation of why the test can't be made, OR
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ if {[test_alps]} {
 	exit 0
 }
 
+if {[slurmd_user_root] == 0} {
+	send_user "\nWARNING: This test is incompatible with SlurmdUser != root\n"
+	exit 0
+}
+
 make_bash_script $file_in "echo \$0"
 set salloc_pid [spawn $salloc -N1-5 -t1 bash]
 expect {