diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 5758ecb..4808304 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1385,8 +1385,10 @@ main() {
 
     # Prevent the package manager from running as root. The package
     # manager will elevate permissions where needed.
-    [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ] || [ "$KISS_ASROOT" ] ||
-        die "kiss must be run as a normal user"
+    [ "$(id -u)" != 0 ] || [ "$KISS_ASROOT" ] || {
+        log "kiss must be run as a normal user" "" "!>"
+        die "(Run with KISS_ASROOT=1 to ignore this warning)"
+    }
 
     # Use the most secure method of sending data over stdin based on
     # whether or not the 'printf' command is built into the shell.