diff --git a/src/undo.c b/src/undo.c
index 3acfad1..eb99294 100644
--- a/src/undo.c
+++ b/src/undo.c
@@ -1604,10 +1604,11 @@
 
 #ifdef UNIX
 	/* For safety we only read an undo file if the owner is equal to the
-	 * owner of the text file. */
+	 * owner of the text file or equal to the current user. */
 	if (mch_stat((char *)orig_name, &st_orig) >= 0
 		&& mch_stat((char *)file_name, &st_undo) >= 0
-		&& st_orig.st_uid != st_undo.st_uid)
+		&& st_orig.st_uid != st_undo.st_uid
+		&& st_undo.st_uid != getuid())
 	{
 	    if (p_verbose > 0)
 	    {