diff --git a/tests/all.sh b/tests/all.sh
index 1c1bf93..db58c11 100644
--- a/tests/all.sh
+++ b/tests/all.sh
@@ -562,6 +562,23 @@ testZabbixGetVersion() {
   printSuccess "${FUNCNAME[0]}"
 }
 
+testNonRootUserPrivilegesDiscovery() {
+  #Run the script under non root user
+  DATA=$(sudo -u zabbix "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_discovery.sh")
+  IS_OK=$(echo "$DATA" | grep -F 'Insufficient privileges')
+  assertNotNull "The discovery script must not work for non root user" "$IS_OK"
+  printSuccess "${FUNCNAME[0]}"
+}
+
+testNonRootUserPrivilegesStatus() {
+  #Run the script under non root user
+  assertNotNull "Test socket is not defined" "$TEST_SOCKET"
+  DATA=$(sudo -u zabbix "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_status.sh" "$TEST_SOCKET" "/php-fpm-status")
+  IS_OK=$(echo "$DATA" | grep -F 'Insufficient privileges')
+  assertNotNull "The status script must not work for non root user" "$IS_OK"
+  printSuccess "${FUNCNAME[0]}"
+}
+
 testPHPIsRunning() {
   IS_OK=$(sudo ps ax | grep -F "php-fpm: pool " | grep -F -v "grep" | head -n1)
   assertNotNull "No running PHP-FPM instances found" "$IS_OK"
diff --git a/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_discovery.sh b/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_discovery.sh
index 476fe15..f413788 100644
--- a/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_discovery.sh
+++ b/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_discovery.sh
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ if [[ ! -d "$CACHE_ROOT" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+USER_ID=$(id -u)
+if [[ $USER_ID -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Insufficient privileges. This script must be run under 'root' user or with 'sudo'."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 function createCacheDirectory() {
   if [[ ! -d "$CACHE_DIRECTORY" ]]; then
     mkdir "$CACHE_DIRECTORY"
diff --git a/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_status.sh b/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_status.sh
index f9a6b09..2252215 100644
--- a/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_status.sh
+++ b/zabbix/zabbix_php_fpm_status.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ if [[ ! -x $S_GREP ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+USER_ID=$(id -u)
+if [[ $USER_ID -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "Insufficient privileges. This script must be run under 'root' user or with 'sudo'."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 if [[ -z $1 ]] || [[ -z $2 ]]; then
   echo "No input data specified"
   echo "Usage: $0 php-path status"