diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8d77726..b4bb3e9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -173,20 +173,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     init_ui();
   }
 
-  if (NEEDROOT) {
-    if (geteuid() != 0)
-      forceExit(false, "You need to be root to run NetHogs!");
-  }
-  else {
-    unsigned int caps[5] = {0};
+#if NEEDROOT == 1
+  if (geteuid() != 0)
+    forceExit(false, "You need to be root to run NetHogs!");
+#else
+  unsigned int caps[5] = {0};
 
-    getxattr(argv[0], "security.capability", (char *)caps, sizeof(caps));
+  getxattr(argv[0], "security.capability", (char *)caps, sizeof(caps));
 
-    if ((caps[1] >> CAP_NET_ADMIN) & 1 != 1)
-      forceExit(false, "You need to enable cap_net_admin (and cap_net_raw) to run NetHogs!");
-    if ((caps[1] >> CAP_NET_RAW) & 1 != 1)
-      forceExit(false, "You need to enable cap_net_raw to run NetHogs!");
-  }
+  if (((caps[1] >> CAP_NET_ADMIN) & 1) != 1)
+    forceExit(false, "You need to enable cap_net_admin (and cap_net_raw) to run NetHogs!");
+  if (((caps[1] >> CAP_NET_RAW) & 1) != 1)
+    forceExit(false, "You need to enable cap_net_raw to run NetHogs!");
+#endif
 
   // use the Self-Pipe trick to interrupt the select() in the main loop
   self_pipe = create_self_pipe();
diff --git a/src/nethogs.cpp b/src/nethogs.cpp
index f2fba8a..855261c 100644
--- a/src/nethogs.cpp
+++ b/src/nethogs.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@
 #include <netinet/ip6.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <netinet/udp.h>
+
+#if NEEDROOT == 0
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "cui.h"