diff --git a/sabayon-buildpackages b/sabayon-buildpackages
index 7e14455..76b93c1 100755
--- a/sabayon-buildpackages
+++ b/sabayon-buildpackages
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 ROOT="${ROOT:-$PWD}"
 DOCKER_IMAGE="${DOCKER_IMAGE:-sabayon/builder-amd64}"
+. /sbin/sabayondevkit-functions.sh
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]
   then
@@ -9,8 +10,6 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-  echo "!! If you are not running the script as root, your user should be in the docker group to use it. (sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker) !!"
-fi
+check_docker_requirements
 
 docker run --rm -v "$ROOT"/portage_artifacts:/usr/portage/packages -ti $DOCKER_IMAGE $@
diff --git a/sabayon-createrepo b/sabayon-createrepo
index 6b2eb21..2dc0371 100755
--- a/sabayon-createrepo
+++ b/sabayon-createrepo
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
+. /sbin/sabayondevkit-functions.sh
+
 ROOT="${ROOT:-$PWD}"
 entropysrv=$(mktemp)
 createrepo=$(mktemp)
@@ -8,9 +10,7 @@ REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION="${REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION:-My Sabayon repository}"
 DOCKER_IMAGE="${DOCKER_IMAGE:-sabayon/builder-amd64}"
 EDITOR=cat
 
-if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-  echo "!! If you are not running the script as root, your user should be in the docker group to use it. (sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker) !!"
-fi
+check_docker_requirements
 
 echo "Repository: $REPOSITORY_NAME"
 echo "Repository Description: $REPOSITORY_DESCRIPTION"
diff --git a/sabayondevkit-functions.sh b/sabayondevkit-functions.sh
index 6cef70d..e7c6be1 100644
--- a/sabayondevkit-functions.sh
+++ b/sabayondevkit-functions.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+check_docker_requirements(){
+  if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+    groups | grep -q docker || echo "--> If you are not running the script as root, your user should be in the docker group to use it. (sudo gpasswd -a $USER docker)"
+  fi
+  ps aux | grep -q '[d]ocker' || echo "--> Be sure to have the docker daemon running (sudo systemctl start docker)"
+}
+
 build() {
 local SEARCH=$1
 local EMERGE_DEFAULT_ARGS=${2:---accept-properties=-interactive --verbose --oneshot --nospinner --quiet-build=y --quiet-fail --fail-clean=y --complete-graph --buildpkg}