--- makepkg.orig	2016-04-22 15:35:51.860386914 +0000
+++ makepkg	2016-04-22 15:39:19.543784899 +0000
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@
           'help' 'holdver' 'ignorearch' 'install' 'key:' 'log' 'noarchive' 'nobuild'
           'nocolor' 'nocheck' 'nodeps' 'noextract' 'noprepare' 'nosign' 'packagelist'
           'printsrcinfo' 'repackage' 'rmdeps' 'sign' 'skipchecksums' 'skipinteg'
-          'skippgpcheck' 'source' 'syncdeps' 'verifysource' 'version')
+          'skippgpcheck' 'source' 'syncdeps' 'verifysource' 'version' 'asroot')
 
 # Pacman Options
 OPT_LONG+=('asdeps' 'noconfirm' 'needed' 'noprogressbar')
@@ -2114,9 +2114,7 @@
 
 if (( ! INFAKEROOT )); then
 	if (( EUID == 0 )); then
-		error "$(gettext "Running %s as root is not allowed as it can cause permanent,\n\
-catastrophic damage to your system.")" "makepkg"
-		exit 1 # $E_USER_ABORT
+               :
 	fi
 else
 	if [[ -z $FAKEROOTKEY ]]; then