diff -purN schroot-1.6.3.orig/configure.ac schroot-1.6.3/configure.ac
--- schroot-1.6.3.orig/configure.ac	2012-07-23 17:54:07.000000000 -0400
+++ schroot-1.6.3/configure.ac	2012-09-20 03:43:20.451738906 -0400
@@ -264,6 +264,19 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([bash-completion-dir], [AS_H
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$bashcompletiondir])
 AC_SUBST([bashcompletiondir])
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable root-only unit tests])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([root-tests], [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-root-tests], [Enable root-only tests])],
+              [ case "${enableval}" in
+                yes) enable_root_tests="yes" ;;
+                no)  enable_root_tests="no" ;;
+                *) AC_MSG_RESULT([unknown])
+                   AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-root-tests]) ;;
+                esac],
+              [ enable_root_tests="yes" ])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_root_tests])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_ROOT_TESTS], [test "$enable_root_tests" = "yes"])
+AC_SUBST([enable_root_tests])
+
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_LANG([C++])
diff -purN schroot-1.6.3.orig/test/Makefile.am schroot-1.6.3/test/Makefile.am
--- schroot-1.6.3.orig/test/Makefile.am	2012-07-23 17:54:07.000000000 -0400
+++ schroot-1.6.3/test/Makefile.am	2012-09-20 03:45:31.400235841 -0400
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/scripts/global.mk
 LOCAL_CXXFLAGS = $(SCHROOT_CFLAGS) $(CPPUNIT_CFLAGS) -DTESTDATADIR='"./testdata"' -I$(top_srcdir)/bin
 
 if USE_UNIT_TESTS
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libtest.la
+check_LTLIBRARIES = libtest.la
 
-noinst_PROGRAMS = 			\
-	sbuild-chroot			\
+ROOT_TESTS =
+
+if USE_ROOT_TESTS
+ROOT_TESTS += \
 	sbuild-chroot-plain		\
 	sbuild-chroot-custom		\
 	sbuild-chroot-file		\
@@ -37,7 +39,12 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = 			\
 	sbuild-chroot-lvm-snapshot	\
 	sbuild-chroot-btrfs-snapshot	\
 	sbuild-chroot-config		\
-	sbuild-chroot-facet-userdata	\
+	sbuild-chroot-facet-userdata
+endif
+
+check_PROGRAMS = \
+	sbuild-chroot 			\
+	$(ROOT_TESTS)			\
 	sbuild-environment		\
 	sbuild-keyfile			\
 	sbuild-lock			\
@@ -54,16 +61,7 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = 			\
 # randomly on slow or heavily-loaded systems.
 TESTS = setup-test-data			\
 	sbuild-chroot			\
-	sbuild-chroot-plain		\
-	sbuild-chroot-custom		\
-	sbuild-chroot-file		\
-	sbuild-chroot-directory		\
-	sbuild-chroot-block-device	\
-	sbuild-chroot-loopback		\
-	sbuild-chroot-lvm-snapshot	\
-	sbuild-chroot-btrfs-snapshot	\
-	sbuild-chroot-config		\
-	sbuild-chroot-facet-userdata	\
+	$(ROOT_TESTS)			\
 	sbuild-environment		\
 	sbuild-keyfile			\
 	sbuild-log			\
diff -purN schroot-1.6.3.orig/test/setup-test-data schroot-1.6.3/test/setup-test-data
--- schroot-1.6.3.orig/test/setup-test-data	2012-07-23 17:54:07.000000000 -0400
+++ schroot-1.6.3/test/setup-test-data	2012-09-20 03:43:20.451738906 -0400
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@
 rm -rf testdata
 mkdir testdata
 cp -r ${srcdir}/*.ex* testdata
+if test `id -u` -ne 0; then
+echo "You are not root, only doing partial setup"
+else
 chown -R root:root testdata
+fi