diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae389bd..8b8b62d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mio",
  "net2",
  "parking_lot",
+ "privdrop",
  "quickcheck",
  "quickcheck_macros",
  "rand",
@@ -425,6 +426,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.16.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd0eaf8df8bab402257e0a5c17a254e4cc1f72a93588a1ddfb5d356c801aa7cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "void",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nodrop"
 version = "0.1.14"
@@ -587,6 +601,16 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74490b50b9fbe561ac330df47c08f3f33073d2d00c150f719147d7c54522fa1b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "privdrop"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "939fa7cbfef9c15c65cf2fb3ed57f3f2a14dca1757a556aa1ba4a7f998b2b479"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "nix",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.10"
@@ -839,6 +863,12 @@ version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "078775d0255232fb988e6fccf26ddc9d1ac274299aaedcedce21c6f72cc533ce"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "void"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e24eeb..0b06790 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ interval = 5
 interval = 30
 max_peer_age = 1200
 max_connection_age = 300
+
+[privileges]
+drop_privileges = false
+chroot_path = '.'
+user = 'nobody'
 ```
 
 To adjust the settings, save this text to a file and make your changes. The
diff --git a/aquatic/Cargo.toml b/aquatic/Cargo.toml
index 15633f0..d08e063 100644
--- a/aquatic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 mio = { version = "0.7", features = ["udp", "os-poll", "os-util"] }
 net2 = "0.2"
 parking_lot = "0.10"
+privdrop = "0.3"
 rand = { version = "0.7", features = ["small_rng"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 
diff --git a/aquatic/src/lib/config.rs b/aquatic/src/lib/config.rs
index 3d81760..289f5a6 100644
--- a/aquatic/src/lib/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic/src/lib/config.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub handlers: HandlerConfig,
     pub statistics: StatisticsConfig,
     pub cleaning: CleaningConfig,
+    pub privileges: PrivilegeConfig,
 }
 
 
@@ -80,6 +81,18 @@ pub struct CleaningConfig {
 }
 
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct PrivilegeConfig {
+    /// Chroot and switch user after binding to sockets
+    pub drop_privileges: bool,
+    /// Chroot to this path
+    pub chroot_path: String,
+    /// User to switch to after chrooting
+    pub user: String,
+}
+
+
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -89,6 +102,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             handlers: HandlerConfig::default(),
             statistics: StatisticsConfig::default(),
             cleaning: CleaningConfig::default(),
+            privileges: PrivilegeConfig::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -136,3 +150,14 @@ impl Default for CleaningConfig {
         }
     }
 }
+
+
+impl Default for PrivilegeConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            drop_privileges: false,
+            chroot_path: ".".to_string(),
+            user: "nobody".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aquatic/src/lib/lib.rs b/aquatic/src/lib/lib.rs
index 544a813..07f0476 100644
--- a/aquatic/src/lib/lib.rs
+++ b/aquatic/src/lib/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+use std::sync::{Arc, atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering}};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::thread::Builder;
 
 use crossbeam_channel::unbounded;
+use privdrop::PrivDrop;
 
 pub mod common;
 pub mod config;
@@ -35,11 +37,14 @@ pub fn run(config: Config){
         ).expect("spawn request worker");
     }
 
+    let num_bound_sockets = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+
     for i in 0..config.socket_workers {
         let state = state.clone();
         let config = config.clone();
         let request_sender = request_sender.clone();
         let response_receiver = response_receiver.clone();
+        let num_bound_sockets = num_bound_sockets.clone();
 
         Builder::new().name(format!("socket-{:02}", i + 1)).spawn(move ||
             network::run_socket_worker(
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ pub fn run(config: Config){
                 i,
                 request_sender,
                 response_receiver,
+                num_bound_sockets,
             )
         ).expect("spawn socket worker");
     }
@@ -67,6 +73,24 @@ pub fn run(config: Config){
         ).expect("spawn statistics thread");
     }
 
+    if config.privileges.drop_privileges {
+        loop {
+            let sockets = num_bound_sockets.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+
+            if sockets == config.socket_workers {
+                PrivDrop::default()
+                    .chroot(config.privileges.chroot_path)
+                    .user(config.privileges.user)
+                    .apply()
+                    .expect("drop privileges");
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            ::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
+        }
+    }
+
     loop {
         ::std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(config.cleaning.interval));
 
diff --git a/aquatic/src/lib/network.rs b/aquatic/src/lib/network.rs
index decb620..3f9bf34 100644
--- a/aquatic/src/lib/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic/src/lib/network.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+use std::sync::{Arc, atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering}};
 use std::io::{Cursor, ErrorKind};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub fn run_socket_worker(
     token_num: usize,
     request_sender: Sender<(Request, SocketAddr)>,
     response_receiver: Receiver<(Response, SocketAddr)>,
+    num_bound_sockets: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
 ){
     let mut buffer = [0u8; MAX_PACKET_SIZE];
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ pub fn run_socket_worker(
     poll.registry()
         .register(&mut socket, Token(token_num), interests)
         .unwrap();
+    
+    num_bound_sockets.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
 
     let mut events = Events::with_capacity(config.network.poll_event_capacity);