diff --git a/module/gitlab/control.php b/module/gitlab/control.php
index 1c85398211..37ce18700b 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/control.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/control.php
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class gitlab extends control
         if(strpos($gitlabURL, 'http') !== 0) return $this->send(array('result' => 'fail', 'message' => array('url' => array($this->lang->gitlab->hostError))));
         if(!$token) return $this->send(array('result' => 'fail', 'message' => array('token' => array($this->lang->gitlab->tokenError))));
 
-        $user = $this->gitlab->apiGetCurrentUser($gitlabURL, $token);
+        $user = $this->gitlab->apiGetCurrentUser($gitlabURL, $token, true);
 
         if(!is_object($user)) return $this->send(array('result' => 'fail', 'message' => array('url' => array($this->lang->gitlab->hostError))));
         if(!isset($user->is_admin) or !$user->is_admin) return $this->send(array('result' => 'fail', 'message' => array('token' => array($this->lang->gitlab->tokenError))));
diff --git a/module/gitlab/lang/en.php b/module/gitlab/lang/en.php
index 28569ea795..5aacc872b5 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/lang/en.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/lang/en.php
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ $lang->gitlab->noAccess      = 'Permission denied';
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder = new stdclass;
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder->name        = '';
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder->url         = "Please fill in the access address of the GitLab Server homepage, as: https://gitlab.zentao.net.";
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token       = "Please fill in the access token of an account with admin privileges.";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token       = "Please fill in the access token of an account with root privileges.";
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder->projectPath = "It should contain only letters, digits, underscore, hyphen and period.  It should not start with hypen, or end with .git or .atom.";
 
 $lang->gitlab->noImportableIssues = "There are currently no issues available for import.";
-$lang->gitlab->tokenError         = "The current token is not admin rights.";
-$lang->gitlab->tokenLimit         = "The current token has no admin privilege. Please regenerate one with admin user in GitLab.";
+$lang->gitlab->tokenError         = "The current token is not root rights.";
+$lang->gitlab->tokenLimit         = "The current token has no admin privilege. Please regenerate one with root user in GitLab.";
 $lang->gitlab->hostError          = "Invalid GitLab service address.";
 $lang->gitlab->bindUserError      = "Can not bind users repeatedly %s";
 $lang->gitlab->importIssueError   = "The execution to which this issue belongs is not selected.";
diff --git a/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php b/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php
index 78c9dc6dbc..ad2e6ee161 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/lang/zh-cn.php
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ $lang->gitlab->noAccess      = '权限不足';
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder = new stdclass;
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder->name        = '';
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder->url         = "请填写GitLab Server首页的访问地址，如：https://gitlab.zentao.net。";
-$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token       = "请填写具有admin权限账户的access token";
+$lang->gitlab->placeholder->token       = "请填写具有root权限账户的access token";
 $lang->gitlab->placeholder->projectPath = "项目标识串只能包含字母、数字、“_”、“-”和“.”。不能以“-”开头，以.git或者.atom结尾";
 
 $lang->gitlab->noImportableIssues = "目前没有可供导入的issue。";
-$lang->gitlab->tokenError         = "当前token非管理员权限。";
-$lang->gitlab->tokenLimit         = "GitLab Token权限不足。请更换为有管理员权限的GitLab Token。";
+$lang->gitlab->tokenError         = "当前token非root权限。";
+$lang->gitlab->tokenLimit         = "GitLab Token权限不足。请更换为有root权限的GitLab Token。";
 $lang->gitlab->hostError          = "无效的GitLab服务地址。";
 $lang->gitlab->bindUserError      = "不能重复绑定用户 %s";
 $lang->gitlab->importIssueError   = "未选择该issue所属的执行。";
diff --git a/module/gitlab/model.php b/module/gitlab/model.php
index 13c4af1db6..15f6671c0c 100644
--- a/module/gitlab/model.php
+++ b/module/gitlab/model.php
@@ -468,12 +468,14 @@ class gitlabModel extends model
      *
      * @param  string $host
      * @param  string $token
+     * @param  bool   $rootCheck
      * @access public
      * @return array
      */
-    public function apiGetCurrentUser($host, $token)
+    public function apiGetCurrentUser($host, $token, $rootCheck = false)
     {
         $host = rtrim($host, '/') . "/api/v4%s?private_token=$token";
+        if($rootCheck) $host .= '&sudo=1';
         return $this->apiGet($host, '/user');
     }