t/lei-daemon.t | 3 ++-

diff --git a/t/lei-daemon.t b/t/lei-daemon.t
index 35e059b97cd956b8df20531ed98ad5ab0cb54de0..84e2791d6fcc5a0839dd882659cbf9b241776016 100644
--- a/t/lei-daemon.t
+++ b/t/lei-daemon.t
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ 	lei_ok('daemon-pid');
 	chomp $lei_out;
 	is($lei_out, $new_pid, 'PID unchanged after -0/-CHLD');
 
-	if ('socket inaccessible') {
+	SKIP: { # socket inaccessible
+		skip "cannot test connect EPERM as root", 3 if $> == 0;
 		chmod 0000, $sock or BAIL_OUT "chmod 0000: $!";
 		lei_ok('help', \'connect fail, one-shot fallback works');
 		like($lei_err, qr/\bconnect\(/, 'connect error noted');