diff --git a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex
index bed4a9621d..cb28286538 100755
--- a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex
+++ b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex
@@ -395,7 +395,11 @@ edex_purge_reset() {
 # Show Qpid data ingest queues
 #
 edex_qpid() {
-        /awips2/python/bin/qpid-stat -q -S msgIn
+        if [[ ${USER} = "root" ]]; then
+                su - awips -c "qpid-stat -q -S msgIn"
+        else
+                /awips2/python/bin/qpid-stat -q -S msgIn
+        fi
 }
 
 #