diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b4bb3e9..bc01334 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -177,9 +177,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   if (geteuid() != 0)
     forceExit(false, "You need to be root to run NetHogs!");
 #else
+  char exe_path[PATH_MAX];
   unsigned int caps[5] = {0};
 
-  getxattr(argv[0], "security.capability", (char *)caps, sizeof(caps));
+  readlink("/proc/self/exe", exe_path, PATH_MAX);
+  getxattr(exe_path, "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!");
diff --git a/src/nethogs.h b/src/nethogs.h
index bae80f0..08f1add 100644
--- a/src/nethogs.h
+++ b/src/nethogs.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  * like www.adamantix.org: in that case nethogs shouldn't check if it's
  * running as root. Take care to give it sufficient privileges though. */
 #ifndef NEEDROOT
-#define NEEDROOT 0
+#define NEEDROOT 1
 #endif
 
 #define DEBUG 0