diff --git a/docs/compile/openwrt/package/zapret/nfqws/Makefile b/docs/compile/openwrt/package/zapret/nfqws/Makefile
index 5e9bcc1..a2ff05d 100644
--- a/docs/compile/openwrt/package/zapret/nfqws/Makefile
+++ b/docs/compile/openwrt/package/zapret/nfqws/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ define Package/nfqws
 	CATEGORY:=Network
 	TITLE:=nfqws
 	SUBMENU:=Zapret
- 	DEPENDS:=+libnetfilter-queue
+ 	DEPENDS:=+libnetfilter-queue +libcap
 endef
 
 define Build/Prepare
diff --git a/docs/readme.eng.txt b/docs/readme.eng.txt
index 88570ea..8b28c02 100644
--- a/docs/readme.eng.txt
+++ b/docs/readme.eng.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ It takes the following parameters:
  --hostnospace          ; remove space after Host: and add it to User-Agent: to preserve packet size
  --daemon               ; daemonize
  --pidfile=<filename>   ; write pid to file
+ --user=<username>      ; drop root privs
+ --uid=uid[:gid]	; drop root privs
 
 The manipulation parameters can be combined in any way.
 
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ tpws is transparent proxy.
  --daemon                       ; daemonize
  --pidfile=<filename>           ; write pid to file
  --user=<username>              ; drop root privs
- --uid=uid[:gid]		; менять uid процесса
+ --uid=uid[:gid]		; drop root privs
  
 The manipulation parameters can be combined in any way.
 There are exceptions: split-pos replaces split-http-req. hostdot and hosttab are mutually exclusive.
diff --git a/docs/readme.txt b/docs/readme.txt
index 823cc98..17208de 100644
--- a/docs/readme.txt
+++ b/docs/readme.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ nfqws
 Она берет следующие параметры :
  --daemon		; демонизировать прогу
  --pidfile=<file>	; сохранить PID в файл
+ --user=<username>	; менять uid процесса
+ --uid=uid[:gid]	; менять uid процесса
  --qnum=200		; номер очереди
  --wsize=4		; менять tcp window size на указанный размер
  --hostcase		; менять регистр заголовка "Host:" по умолчанию на "host:".
diff --git a/init.d/openwrt/zapret b/init.d/openwrt/zapret
index 4e2221e..af63d28 100755
--- a/init.d/openwrt/zapret
+++ b/init.d/openwrt/zapret
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ ZAPRET_BASE=/opt/zapret
 PIDDIR=/var/run
 
 QNUM=200
+NFQWS_USER=daemon
 NFQWS=$ZAPRET_BASE/nfq/nfqws
-NFQWS_OPT_BASE="--qnum=$QNUM"
+NFQWS_OPT_BASE="--qnum=$QNUM --user=$NFQWS_USER"
 
 TPWS_USER=daemon
 TPPORT_HTTP=1188
diff --git a/init.d/sysv/functions b/init.d/sysv/functions
index 6c406f9..585f768 100644
--- a/init.d/sysv/functions
+++ b/init.d/sysv/functions
@@ -8,20 +8,21 @@ PIDDIR=/var/run
 
 IPSET_CR=$ZAPRET_BASE/ipset/create_ipset.sh
 
+WS_USER=tpws
+
 QNUM=200
 NFQWS=$ZAPRET_BASE/nfq/nfqws
-NFQWS_OPT_BASE="--qnum=$QNUM"
+NFQWS_OPT_BASE="--qnum=$QNUM --user=$WS_USER"
 
-TPWS_USER=tpws
 TPPORT_HTTP=1188
 TPPORT_HTTPS=1189
 TPWS=$ZAPRET_BASE/tpws/tpws
 TPWS_HOSTLIST=$ZAPRET_BASE/ipset/zapret-hosts.txt.gz
 [ -f "$TPWS_HOSTLIST" ] || TPWS_HOSTLIST=$ZAPRET_BASE/ipset/zapret-hosts-user.txt
-TPWS_OPT_BASE="--user=$TPWS_USER --bind-addr=127.0.0.1"
-TPWS_OPT_BASE6="--user=$TPWS_USER --bind-addr=::1"
+TPWS_OPT_BASE="--user=$WS_USER --bind-addr=127.0.0.1"
+TPWS_OPT_BASE6="--user=$WS_USER --bind-addr=::1"
 # first wait for lan to ifup, then wait for bind-wait-ip-linklocal seconds for link local address and bind-wait-ip for any ipv6 as the worst case
-TPWS_OPT_BASE6_PRE="--user=$TPWS_USER --bind-linklocal=prefer --bind-wait-ifup=30 --bind-wait-ip=30 --bind-wait-ip-linklocal=3"
+TPWS_OPT_BASE6_PRE="--user=$WS_USER --bind-linklocal=prefer --bind-wait-ifup=30 --bind-wait-ip=30 --bind-wait-ip-linklocal=3"
 TPWS_OPT_BASE_HTTP="--port=$TPPORT_HTTP"
 TPWS_OPT_BASE_HTTPS="--port=$TPPORT_HTTPS"
 
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ fw_tpws()
 		[ -n "$IFACE_LAN" ] && {
 			ipt_add_del $1 PREROUTING -t nat $IPT_ILAN -p tcp $2 -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:$4
 	 	}
-		ipt_add_del $1 OUTPUT -t nat $IPT_OWAN -m owner ! --uid-owner $TPWS_USER -p tcp $2 -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:$4
+		ipt_add_del $1 OUTPUT -t nat $IPT_OWAN -m owner ! --uid-owner $WS_USER -p tcp $2 -j DNAT --to 127.0.0.1:$4
 	}
 	[ "$DISABLE_IPV6" = "1" ] || {
 		print_op $1 "$3" "tpws" 6
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ fw_tpws()
 			dnat6_target
 			[ "$DNAT6_TARGET" != "-" ] && ipt6_add_del $1 PREROUTING -t nat $IPT_ILAN -p tcp $3 -j DNAT --to [$DNAT6_TARGET]:$4
 	 	}
-		ipt6_add_del $1 OUTPUT -t nat $IPT_OWAN -m owner ! --uid-owner $TPWS_USER -p tcp $3 -j DNAT --to [::1]:$4
+		ipt6_add_del $1 OUTPUT -t nat $IPT_OWAN -m owner ! --uid-owner $WS_USER -p tcp $3 -j DNAT --to [::1]:$4
 	}
 }
 fw_nfqws_pre()
@@ -266,16 +267,25 @@ do_daemon()
 }
 
 
-prepare_tpws()
+prepare_user()
 {
-	# $TPWS_USER is required to prevent redirection of the traffic originating from TPWS itself
+	# $WS_USER is required to prevent redirection of the traffic originating from TPWS itself
 	# otherwise infinite loop will occur
 	# also its good idea not to run tpws as root
-	id -u $TPWS_USER >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || useradd --no-create-home --system --shell /bin/false $TPWS_USER
+	id -u $WS_USER >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || useradd --no-create-home --system --shell /bin/false $WS_USER
+}
+prepare_tpws()
+{
+	prepare_user
+
 	# otherwise linux kernel will treat 127.0.0.1 as "martian" ip and refuse routing to it
 	# NOTE : kernels <3.6 do not have this feature. consider upgrading or change DNAT to REDIRECT and do not bind to 127.0.0.1
 	[ -n "$IFACE_LAN" ] && sysctl -qw net.ipv4.conf.$IFACE_LAN.route_localnet=1
 }
+prepare_nfqws()
+{
+	prepare_user
+}
 do_tpws()
 {
 	# $1 : 1 - run, 0 - stop
@@ -289,6 +299,15 @@ do_tpws()
 		[ -n "$IFACE_LAN" ] && do_daemon $1 $((660+$2)) $TPWS "$TPWS_OPT_BASE6_PRE --bind-iface6=$IFACE_LAN $3"
 	}
 }
+do_nfqws()
+{
+	# $1 : 1 - run, 0 - stop
+	# $2 : daemon number
+	# $3 : daemon args
+
+	[ "$1" = "1" ] && prepare_nfqws
+	do_daemon $1 $2 $NFQWS "$NFQWS_OPT_BASE $3"
+}
 
 
 create_ipset()
@@ -385,7 +404,7 @@ zapret_do_daemons()
 			do_tpws $1 1 "$TPWS_OPT_BASE_HTTP $TPWS_OPT_HTTP"
 			;;
 	    nfqws_ipset|nfqws_ipset_https|nfqws_all|nfqws_all_https)
-			do_daemon $1 1 $NFQWS "$NFQWS_OPT_BASE $NFQWS_OPT"
+			do_nfqws $1 1 "$NFQWS_OPT"
 			;;
 	    custom)
 			# PLACEHOLDER
diff --git a/nfq/Makefile b/nfq/Makefile
index 0176df4..9af1acc 100644
--- a/nfq/Makefile
+++ b/nfq/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CC ?= gcc
-CFLAGS ?= -s -O3
-LIBS = -lnetfilter_queue -lnfnetlink
+CFLAGS += -s -O3
+LIBS = -lnetfilter_queue -lnfnetlink -lcap
 SRC_FILES = *.c
 
 all: nfqws
diff --git a/nfq/nfqws.c b/nfq/nfqws.c
index 229379a..2304aee 100644
--- a/nfq/nfqws.c
+++ b/nfq/nfqws.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
+#include <sys/capability.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
 
 bool proto_check_ipv4(unsigned char *data,int len)
 {
@@ -363,22 +365,52 @@ static int cb(struct nfq_q_handle *qh, struct nfgenmsg *nfmsg,
 	return nfq_set_verdict(qh, id, NF_ACCEPT, 0, NULL);
 }
 
+bool dropcaps()
+{
+	cap_value_t cap_values[] = {CAP_NET_ADMIN};
+	cap_t capabilities;
+	if (!(capabilities = cap_init()))
+	{
+		perror("cap_init");
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (cap_set_flag(capabilities, CAP_PERMITTED, sizeof(cap_values)/sizeof(*cap_values), cap_values, CAP_SET) ||
+	    cap_set_flag(capabilities, CAP_EFFECTIVE, sizeof(cap_values)/sizeof(*cap_values), cap_values, CAP_SET))
+	{
+		perror("cap_set_flag");
+		cap_free(capabilities);
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (cap_set_proc(capabilities))
+	{
+		perror("cap_set_proc");
+		cap_free(capabilities);
+		return false;
+	}
+	cap_free(capabilities);
+	return true;
+}
 bool droproot(uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
 {
-    if (uid)
-    {
-         if (setgid(gid))
-         {
-		perror("setgid: ");
-		return false;
-         }
-         if (setuid(uid))
-         {
-		perror("setuid: ");
-		return false;
-         }
-    }
-   return true;
+	if (uid || gid)
+	{
+		if (prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, 1L))
+		{
+			perror("prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS): ");
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (setgid(gid))
+		{
+			perror("setgid: ");
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (setuid(uid))
+		{
+			perror("setuid: ");
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	return dropcaps();
 }
 
 void daemonize()
@@ -424,14 +456,16 @@ bool writepid(const char *filename)
 void exithelp()
 {
 	printf(
-          " --qnum=<nfqueue_number>\n"
-          " --wsize=<window_size>\t; set window size. 0 = do not modify\n"
-          " --hostcase\t\t; change Host: => host:\n"
-          " --hostspell\t\t; exact spelling of \"Host\" header. must be 4 chars. default is \"host\"\n"
-          " --hostnospace\t\t; remove space after Host: and add it to User-Agent: to preserve packet size\n"
-          " --daemon\t\t; daemonize\n"
-	  " --pidfile=<filename>\t; write pid to file\n"
-        );
+	" --qnum=<nfqueue_number>\n"
+	" --wsize=<window_size>\t; set window size. 0 = do not modify\n"
+	" --hostcase\t\t; change Host: => host:\n"
+	" --hostspell\t\t; exact spelling of \"Host\" header. must be 4 chars. default is \"host\"\n"
+	" --hostnospace\t\t; remove space after Host: and add it to User-Agent: to preserve packet size\n"
+	" --daemon\t\t; daemonize\n"
+	" --pidfile=<filename>\t; write pid to file\n"
+	" --user=<username>\t; drop root privs\n"
+	" --uid=uid[:gid]\t; drop root privs\n"
+	);
 	exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -447,7 +481,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int v;
 	bool daemon=false;
 	uid_t uid=0;
-	gid_t gid;
+	gid_t gid=0;
 	char pidfile[256];
 
 	memset(&cbdata,0,sizeof(cbdata));
@@ -455,15 +489,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	*pidfile = 0;
 
 	const struct option long_options[] = {
-    	    {"qnum",required_argument,0,0},	// optidx=0
-    	    {"daemon",no_argument,0,0},		// optidx=1
-    	    {"wsize",required_argument,0,0},	// optidx=2
-    	    {"hostcase",no_argument,0,0},	// optidx=3
-    	    {"hostspell",required_argument,0,0}, // optidx=4
-    	    {"hostnospace",no_argument,0,0},	// optidx=5
-    	    {"user",required_argument,0,0},	// optidx=6
-    	    {"pidfile",required_argument,0,0},	// optidx=7
-    	    {NULL,0,NULL,0}
+		{"qnum",required_argument,0,0},	// optidx=0
+		{"daemon",no_argument,0,0},		// optidx=1
+		{"wsize",required_argument,0,0},	// optidx=2
+		{"hostcase",no_argument,0,0},	// optidx=3
+		{"hostspell",required_argument,0,0}, // optidx=4
+		{"hostnospace",no_argument,0,0},	// optidx=5
+		{"pidfile",required_argument,0,0},	// optidx=6
+		{"user",required_argument,0,0 },// optidx=7
+		{"uid",required_argument,0,0 },// optidx=8
+		{NULL,0,NULL,0}
 	};
 	if (argc<2) exithelp();
 	while ((v=getopt_long_only(argc,argv,"",long_options,&option_index))!=-1)
@@ -505,7 +540,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 5: /* hostnospace */
 		    cbdata.hostnospace = true;
 		    break;
-		case 6: /* user */
+		case 6: /* pidfile */
+		    strncpy(pidfile,optarg,sizeof(pidfile));
+		    pidfile[sizeof(pidfile)-1]='\0';
+		    break;
+		case 7: /* user */
 	    	{
 	    		struct passwd *pwd = getpwnam(optarg);
 			if (!pwd)
@@ -517,10 +556,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			gid = pwd->pw_gid;
 			break;
 	    	}
-		case 7: /* pidfile */
-		    strncpy(pidfile,optarg,sizeof(pidfile));
-		    pidfile[sizeof(pidfile)-1]='\0';
-		    break;
+		case 8: /* uid */
+			gid=0x7FFFFFFF; // default git. drop gid=0
+			if (!sscanf(optarg,"%u:%u",&uid,&gid))
+			{
+				fprintf(stderr, "--uid should be : uid[:gid]\n");
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			break;
 	    }
 	}
 
@@ -566,16 +609,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		fprintf(stderr, "can't set packet_copy mode\n");
 		goto exiterr;
 	}
-
+	
+	if (!droproot(uid,gid)) goto exiterr;
+	fprintf(stderr,"Running as UID=%u GID=%u\n",getuid(),getgid());
+		
 	fd = nfq_fd(h);
-
-	if (droproot(uid,gid))
+	while ((rv = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0)) && rv >= 0)
 	{
-		while ((rv = recv(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), 0)) && rv >= 0)
-		{
-		    int r=nfq_handle_packet(h, buf, rv);
-		    if (r) fprintf(stderr,"nfq_handle_packet error %d\n",r);
-		}
+	    int r=nfq_handle_packet(h, buf, rv);
+	    if (r) fprintf(stderr,"nfq_handle_packet error %d\n",r);
 	}
 
 	printf("unbinding from queue 0\n");