diff --git a/testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/Makefile.am b/testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/Makefile.am
index a8fbe1361b1307ec1a8ac091c0707a900d4efb33..f66974279e62d9cd744349b759ea663ce6f80c5b 100644
--- a/testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/Makefile.am
+++ b/testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 
 noinst_HEADERS = get_resp.h
+
+TESTS =
+#	job_mgr-test 
+
 check_PROGRAMS = \
+	security_2_4 \
 	$(TESTS) 
 #
 # None of these tests can be compiled until functions called
@@ -16,8 +21,6 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
 #	step_create
 #	
 
-TESTS =
-#	job_mgr-test 
 
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/common
@@ -39,19 +42,19 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src/common
 #		$(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.la
 
 LDADD  = $(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/common/libhostlist.la	\
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/agent.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/job_scheduler.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/node_scheduler.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/partition_mgr.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/locks.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/read_config.o \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/common/parse_spec.o  \
-		$(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.la \
+		$(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.la
 		$(SSL_LIBS)
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/common/libhostlist.la	\
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/agent.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/job_scheduler.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/node_scheduler.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/partition_mgr.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/step_mgr.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/locks.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/slurmctld/read_config.o \
+#		$(top_builddir)/src/common/parse_spec.o  \
 
 force :
 $(LDADD) : force
diff --git a/testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/security_2_4.c b/testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/security_2_4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2217a2ffaeda12ea905106e77d3e4a32b520974a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/slurm_unit/slurmctld/security_2_4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <slurm/slurm.h>
+#include <slurm/slurm_errno.h>
+
+/* Attempt to run a job with the incorrect user id and confirm an error */
+int 
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int error_code;
+	job_desc_msg_t job_mesg;
+	resource_allocation_and_run_response_msg_t* run_resp_msg ;
+
+	slurm_init_job_desc_msg( &job_mesg );
+	job_mesg. user_id	= getuid() + 1;
+	job_mesg. min_nodes	= 1;
+
+	error_code = slurm_allocate_resources_and_run ( &job_mesg , 
+							&run_resp_msg ); 
+	if (error_code == SLURM_SUCCESS) {
+		fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: The allocate succeeded\n");
+		exit(1);
+	} else if ((error_code = slurm_get_errno()) != ESLURM_USER_ID_MISSING) {
+		fprintf (stderr, 
+			 "ERROR: Wrong error code received %d instead of %d\n",
+			 error_code, ESLURM_USER_ID_MISSING);
+		exit(1);
+
+	} else {
+		printf ("SUCCESS!\n");
+		printf ("The allocate request was rejected as expected.\n");
+		printf ("Check SlurmctldLog for an error message.\n");
+		exit(0);
+	}
+}
+