diff -ur trousers-0.3.11.2.orig/src/tcsd/tcsd_conf.c trousers-0.3.11.2/src/tcsd/tcsd_conf.c
--- trousers-0.3.11.2.orig/src/tcsd/tcsd_conf.c	2013-07-12 18:27:37.000000000 +0200
+++ trousers-0.3.11.2/src/tcsd/tcsd_conf.c	2013-08-21 14:29:42.917231648 +0200
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@
 		return TCSERR(TSS_E_INTERNAL_ERROR);
 	}
 
+#ifndef ALLOW_NON_TSS_CONFIG_FILE
 	/* make sure user/group TSS owns the conf file */
 	if (stat_buf.st_uid != 0 || grp->gr_gid != stat_buf.st_gid) {
 		LogError("TCSD config file (%s) must be user/group %s/%s", tcsd_config_file,
@@ -775,6 +776,7 @@
 		LogError("TCSD config file (%s) must be mode 0640", tcsd_config_file);
 		return TCSERR(TSS_E_INTERNAL_ERROR);
 	}
+#endif
 #endif /* SOLARIS */
 
 	if ((f = fopen(tcsd_config_file, "r")) == NULL) {