Index: thunar/thunar-window.c
===================================================================
--- thunar/thunar-window.c	(revision 22891)
+++ thunar/thunar-window.c	(working copy)
@@ -687,10 +687,35 @@
   gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), window->location_standalone_box, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
   gtk_widget_show (window->location_standalone_box);
 
-  window->view_container = gtk_alignment_new (0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
-  gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), window->view_container, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
-  gtk_widget_show (window->view_container);
+  {
+    GtkWidget *label;
+    GtkWidget *ebox;
+    GtkWidget *box;
 
+    box = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 6);
+    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), box, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+    gtk_widget_show (box);
+
+    gtk_rc_parse_string ("style\"thunar-window-root-style\"{bg[NORMAL]=\"#d4355b\"\nfg[NORMAL]=\"#eeeeee\"}\n"
+                         "widget \"ThunarWindow.*.root-warning\" style \"thunar-window-root-style\"\n"
+                         "widget \"ThunarWindow.*.root-warning.GtkLabel\" style \"thunar-window-root-style\"\n");
+
+    ebox = gtk_event_box_new ();
+    gtk_widget_set_name (ebox, "root-warning");
+    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), ebox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+    gtk_widget_show (ebox);
+
+    label = gtk_label_new (_("<small>Warning, you are using the root account, you may harm your system.</small>"));
+    gtk_label_set_use_markup (GTK_LABEL (label), TRUE);
+    gtk_misc_set_padding (GTK_MISC (label), 6, 3);
+    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (ebox), label);
+    gtk_widget_show (label);
+
+    window->view_container = gtk_alignment_new (0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
+    gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), window->view_container, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
+    gtk_widget_show (window->view_container);
+  }
+
   /* determine the selected location bar */
   g_object_get (G_OBJECT (window->preferences), "last-location-bar", &type_name, NULL);
   type = g_type_from_name (type_name);