diff --git a/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile b/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile
index cea2534a7ae7..0aa8c5bc0ab2 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/nagios-plugins/Makefile
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ NAGIOSCGIURL?=	${NAGIOSHTMURL}/cgi-bin
 NAGIOSPOLLIP?=	127.0.0.1
 NAGIOSPOLLIP6?=	::1
 
-NEED_ROOT=	yes # check_icmp, check_dhcp
-
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--with-nagios-user=${NAGIOSUSER} \
@@ -172,6 +170,7 @@ post-patch:
 	check_users.c
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|setlocale (LC_ALL, "");|setlocale (LC_ALL, ""); setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");|g' ${WRKSRC}/plugins/${file}
 .endfor
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|chown root|${TRUE}|g' ${WRKSRC}/plugins-root/Makefile.am
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MJAIL}
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's# 127.0.0.1 # ${NAGIOSPOLLIP} #g' ${WRKSRC}/configure.in
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's# ::1 # ${NAGIOSPOLLIP6} #g' ${WRKSRC}/configure.in