diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/error-opening-permission.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/error-opening-permission.test
index 4107bdfc044fe..b42f95329a3c7 100644
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/error-opening-permission.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/error-opening-permission.test
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Unsupported on windows as marking files "unreadable"
 ## is non-trivial on windows.
 # UNSUPPORTED: system-windows
+# REQUIRES: non-root-user
 
 # RUN: rm -rf %t && mkdir -p %t
 # RUN: echo file1 > %t/1.txt
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/X86/output.s b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/X86/output.s
index 37132eb55ca55..e7c9234ed74cf 100644
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/X86/output.s
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-dwarfdump/X86/output.s
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# REQUIRES: non-root-user
 # RUN: rm -f %t1.txt %t2.txt %t3.txt
 # RUN: llvm-mc %S/brief.s -filetype obj -triple x86_64-apple-darwin -o %t.o
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ifs/fail-file-write.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ifs/fail-file-write.test
index d5232070c1d03..f13500f226205 100644
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ifs/fail-file-write.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ifs/fail-file-write.test
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Test failing to write output file on non-windows platforms.
 
 # UNSUPPORTED: system-windows
+# REQUIRES: non-root-user
 # RUN: rm -rf %t.TestDir
 # RUN: mkdir %t.TestDir
 # RUN: touch %t.TestDir/Output.TestFile
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ranlib/error-opening-permission.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ranlib/error-opening-permission.test
index 1b1bb0def78d7..be56962112e6b 100644
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ranlib/error-opening-permission.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ranlib/error-opening-permission.test
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## Unsupported on windows as marking files "unreadable" is non-trivial on windows.
 # UNSUPPORTED: system-windows
+# REQUIRES: non-root-user
 
 # RUN: rm -rf %t && split-file %s %t && cd %t
 # RUN: yaml2obj 1.yaml -o 1.o
diff --git a/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py b/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py
index 79094b839e772..8b0f2e6295ad1 100644
--- a/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py
+++ b/llvm/utils/lit/lit/llvm/config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@
 lit_path_displayed = False
 
 
+def user_is_root():
+    # os.getuid() is not available on all platforms
+    try:
+        if os.getuid() == 0:
+            return True
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    return False
+
+
 class LLVMConfig(object):
     def __init__(self, lit_config, config):
         self.lit_config = lit_config
@@ -154,6 +165,9 @@ def __init__(self, lit_config, config):
             if re.match(r'^ppc64le.*-linux', target_triple):
                 features.add('target=powerpc64le-linux')
 
+        if not user_is_root():
+            features.add("non-root-user")
+
         use_gmalloc = lit_config.params.get("use_gmalloc", None)
         if lit.util.pythonize_bool(use_gmalloc):
             # Allow use of an explicit path for gmalloc library.