diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index 0eefdeb..77fb43d 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ buildall() {
 }
 
 if [ "$(/usr/bin/id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "don't run buildscript as root"
-    exit 1
+    echo "WARNING: buildscript is running as root"
+    echo "WARNING: build may fail at a later stage"
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" != "selectbsp" -a "$1" != "selectvariant" ]; then