diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 94452f2b..dd578c77 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15429,3 +15429,6 @@
 	for data lines with leading whitespace.
 2016-07-27 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Incremented the package version to 2.14.1int02.
+2016-07-27 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Added a check for 'root' permissions at startup in
+	'utils/rdrevert/rdrevert.cpp'.
diff --git a/utils/rdrevert/rdrevert.cpp b/utils/rdrevert/rdrevert.cpp
index 7d887e57..1670dbad 100644
--- a/utils/rdrevert/rdrevert.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdrevert/rdrevert.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <map>
 
@@ -43,6 +45,14 @@ MainObject::MainObject(QObject *parent)
   int set_schema=0;
   rev_use_deadzone=false;
 
+  //
+  // Check for Root Permissions
+  //
+  if(geteuid()!=0) {
+    fprintf(stderr,"rdrevert: this program requires root permissions\n");
+    exit(256);
+  }
+
   //
   // Read Command Options
   //