diff -urp audit-3.0.orig/src/auditd.c audit-3.0/src/auditd.c
--- audit-3.0.orig/src/auditd.c	2018-08-31 17:05:48.000000000 -0400
+++ audit-3.0/src/auditd.c	2018-12-06 19:41:21.076570614 -0500
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #ifndef DEBUG
 	/* Make sure we can do our job. Containers may not give you
 	 * capabilities, so we revert to a uid check for that case. */
-	if (!audit_can_control() || !audit_can_read()) {
+	if (!audit_can_control()) {
 		if (!config.local_events && geteuid() == 0)
 			;
 		else {