diff --git a/extra/dist/tarantoolctl.in b/extra/dist/tarantoolctl.in
index aedb13bc85a594b030dac97cc5fd074dfae7b979..c827f403f707c6e1eeb87b877527c9105bdf82b9 100755
--- a/extra/dist/tarantoolctl.in
+++ b/extra/dist/tarantoolctl.in
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ local function check_cmd(cmd)
 end
 
 local function check_user_level()
+    local uid = os.getenv('UID')
+    if uid == 0 then
+        return nil
+    end
     -- local dir configuration
     local pwd = os.getenv('PWD')
     if pwd ~= nil then