diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a86677e2..09e4f0516 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-07 Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* info-daemon/NetworkManagerInfo.conf
+		- Allow root user to run NMI too
+
 2004-10-06 Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/NetworkManagerDevice.[ch]
diff --git a/info-daemon/NetworkManagerInfo.conf b/info-daemon/NetworkManagerInfo.conf
index 61acff9ed..a4b02e70a 100644
--- a/info-daemon/NetworkManagerInfo.conf
+++ b/info-daemon/NetworkManagerInfo.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/dbus/1.0/busconfig.dtd">
 <busconfig>
 	<policy user="root">
+		<allow own="org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo"/>
+
 		<allow send_destination="org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo"/>
                 <allow send_interface="org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerInfo"/>
 	</policy>