diff --git a/memcache.install b/memcache.install
index 57b441116a35a3c82ef28259d8d09dfc7b4d40b7..1da29bec6bcb6bc929a86ed9ac0ab5a3b5f5b16f 100644
--- a/memcache.install
+++ b/memcache.install
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // $Id$
 
 /**
- * Add serialized field to cache tables
+ * Add serialized field to cache tables.
  */
 function memcache_install() {
   switch ($GLOBALS['db_type']) {
diff --git a/memcache.module b/memcache.module
index c9c3e12a1ff98d34ace77c11ccbde8f0682b1371..5253f9bfa29dd3ce6fccd2dbc59da04129bb512a 100644
--- a/memcache.module
+++ b/memcache.module
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ function memcache_init() {
   }
 }
 
+function memcache_perm() {
+  return array('access memcache statistics');
+}
 
 /**
  * See memcache_init() which registers this function as a shutdown function.
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ function memcache_shutdown() {
     }
   }
 
-  if ($user->uid == 1) {
+  if (user_access('access memcache statistics')) {
     $stats = array();
     foreach ($_memcache_statistics as $stat => $val) {
       $stats[] = "<strong>$stat:</strong> ". theme('item_list', $val);