diff --git a/install-paperless-ng.sh b/install-paperless-ng.sh
index 8fb44e222..b0f0950fc 100755
--- a/install-paperless-ng.sh
+++ b/install-paperless-ng.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ if [[ -z $(which docker-compose) ]] ; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+# Check if user has permissions to run Docker by trying to get the status of Docker (docker status). 
+# If this fails, the user probably does not have permissions for Docker.
+docker stats --no-stream 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "WARN: It look like the current user does not have Docker permissions."
+	echo "WARN: Use 'sudo usermod -aG docker $USER' to assign Docker permissions to the user."
+	echo ""
+	sleep 3
+fi
+
 echo ""
 echo "############################################"
 echo "###   Paperless-ng docker installation   ###"