diff -urp irqbalance-0.55.orig/irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance.c irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance.c
--- irqbalance-0.55.orig/irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance.c	2009-06-28 08:11:40.000000000 -0400
+++ irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance.c	2009-06-28 08:16:16.000000000 -0400
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <cap-ng.h>
 
 #include "irqbalance.h"
 
@@ -102,6 +103,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
 	close(pidf);	
 
+	// Drop capabilities
+	capng_clear(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
+	capng_update(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_EFFECTIVE|CAPNG_PERMITTED, CAP_NET_ADMIN);
+	capng_lock();
+	capng_apply(CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH);
+
 	parse_proc_interrupts();
 	sleep(SLEEP_INTERVAL/4);
 	reset_counts();
diff -urp irqbalance-0.55.orig/irqbalance-0.55/Makefile irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance-0.55/Makefile
--- irqbalance-0.55.orig/irqbalance-0.55/Makefile	2009-06-28 08:11:40.000000000 -0400
+++ irqbalance-0.55/irqbalance-0.55/Makefile	2009-06-28 08:12:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all: irqbalance
 LIBS=bitmap.o irqbalance.o cputree.o  procinterrupts.o irqlist.o placement.o activate.o network.o powermode.o numa.o classify.o
 
 irqbalance: .depend $(LIBS)
-	gcc  -g -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall  `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0` $(LIBS) -o irqbalance 
+	gcc  -g -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall  `pkg-config --libs glib-2.0` $(LIBS) -o irqbalance -lcap-ng
 
 clean:
 	rm -f irqbalance *~ *.o .depend