diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 3748498be..35743defc 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
         // https://github.com/gogits/gogs/blob/52c8f691630548fe091d30bcfe8164545a05d3d5/models/repo.go#L393
         // apps like wordpress, gogs don't like these
         // postmaster is used in dovecot and haraka
-        'admin', 'no-reply', 'postmaster', 'mailer-daemon',
+        'admin', 'no-reply', 'postmaster', 'mailer-daemon', 'root',
 
         // Reserved groups
         'admins', 'users'         // ldap code uses 'users' pseudo group