diff --git a/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go b/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go
index 3bbbc814c6..1635b08535 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_linux_test.go
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ func checkMounted(t *testing.T, p string, expect bool) {
 }
 
 func TestRootMountCleanup(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getuid() != 0 {
+		t.Skip("root required")
+	}
+
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	testRoot, err := ioutil.TempDir("", t.Name())
diff --git a/daemon/daemon_test.go b/daemon/daemon_test.go
index 2fe4276d7a..f0a67274a5 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_test.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_test.go
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ func TestValidContainerNames(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestContainerInitDNS(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getuid() != 0 {
+		t.Skip("root required") // for chown
+	}
+
 	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker-container-test-")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/daemon/reload_test.go b/daemon/reload_test.go
index 9174bfba54..97690c0312 100644
--- a/daemon/reload_test.go
+++ b/daemon/reload_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package daemon // import "github.com/docker/docker/daemon"
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"
@@ -499,6 +500,9 @@ func TestDaemonDiscoveryReloadOnlyClusterAdvertise(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDaemonReloadNetworkDiagnosticPort(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getuid() != 0 {
+		t.Skip("root required")
+	}
 	daemon := &Daemon{
 		imageService: images.NewImageService(images.ImageServiceConfig{}),
 	}