diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 67ea78d1..25123600 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21852,3 +21852,5 @@
 	* Cleaned up compile warnings in rddbmgr(8).
 2021-06-02 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Cleaned up compile warnings in rdrender(1).
+2021-06-02 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Cleaned up compile warnings in rdselect_helper(1).
diff --git a/utils/rdselect_helper/rdselect_helper.cpp b/utils/rdselect_helper/rdselect_helper.cpp
index 14ba54e7..86c851ca 100644
--- a/utils/rdselect_helper/rdselect_helper.cpp
+++ b/utils/rdselect_helper/rdselect_helper.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
 MainObject::MainObject(QObject *parent)
   : QObject(parent)
 {
-  setuid(geteuid());  // So the SETUID bit works as expected
+  if(setuid(geteuid())!=0) {  // So the SETUID bit works as expected
+    fprintf(stderr,"rdselect_helper: setuid error [%s]\n",strerror(errno));
+  }
   if(getuid()!=0) {
     fprintf(stderr,
 	    "rdselect_helper: this program must be installed SETUID root\n");