diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
index d8d4f9a526..a4619d6a4a 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachine.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int VirtualMachine::insert(SqlDB * db, string& error_str)
     // Check template for restricted attributes
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    if ( gid != GroupPool::ONEADMIN_ID )
+    if ( uid != 0 && gid != GroupPool::ONEADMIN_ID )
     {
         VirtualMachineTemplate *vt = 
             static_cast<VirtualMachineTemplate *>(obj_template);