diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index a7398ca..05c071a 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -43,3 +43,4 @@
 * [kickstart.user.exec](kickstart/user/exec)
 * [kickstart.user.is_on_group](kickstart/user/is_on_group)
 * [kickstart.user.remove_group](kickstart/user/remove_group)
+* [kickstart.user.root?](kickstart/user/root?)
diff --git a/docs/kickstart/user/root?.md b/docs/kickstart/user/root?.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a16e657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/kickstart/user/root?.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# kickstart.user.root?
+
+Return 0 if the user running is root and 1 if not.
+
+
+### Example
+
+```bash
+$ whoami
+root
+$ kickstart.user.root? && echo yup
+yup
+```
diff --git a/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/user.sh b/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/user.sh
index bcf3239..7c51e8b 100644
--- a/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/user.sh
+++ b/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/user.sh
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ kickstart.user.exec() {
   kickstart.info Running \'"$@"\' as $user
   su $user - bash -c "$command"
 }
+
+kickstart.user.root?() {
+  [ `whoami` == root ]
+}