diff -Nabur suphp-0.7.1.orig/doc/CONFIG suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/doc/CONFIG
--- suphp-0.7.1.orig/doc/CONFIG	2008-03-31 02:15:54.000000000 +0200
+++ suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/doc/CONFIG	2010-02-07 00:27:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@
   "--disable-check-docroot" option has been specified, otherwise it is
   enabled by default.
 
+check_symlink_ownership:
+  Checks whether the owner UID and GID of a symbolic link match the owner
+  UID and GID of the target file. If this is disabled, scripts will always
+  be run under the owner of the symbolic link.
+  Is enabled by default.
+
 errors_to_browser:
   Enable this option to sent information about minor problems during script
   invocation to the browser. This option is disabled by default.
diff -Nabur suphp-0.7.1.orig/src/Application.cpp suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/src/Application.cpp
--- suphp-0.7.1.orig/src/Application.cpp	2009-03-14 18:55:25.000000000 +0100
+++ suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/src/Application.cpp	2010-02-06 22:28:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@
     }
 
     // Check UID/GID of symlink is matching target
-    if (scriptFile.getUser() != realScriptFile.getUser()
-        || scriptFile.getGroup() != realScriptFile.getGroup()) {
+    if (config.getCheckSymlinkOwnership()
+        && (scriptFile.getUser() != realScriptFile.getUser()
+        || scriptFile.getGroup() != realScriptFile.getGroup())) {
         std::string error = "UID or GID of symlink \"" + scriptFile.getPath()
             + "\" is not matching its target";
         logger.logWarning(error);
diff -Nabur suphp-0.7.1.orig/src/Configuration.cpp suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/src/Configuration.cpp
--- suphp-0.7.1.orig/src/Configuration.cpp	2008-03-29 14:02:36.000000000 +0100
+++ suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/src/Configuration.cpp	2010-02-06 22:33:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 #else
     this->check_vhost_docroot = true;
 #endif
+    this->check_symlink_ownership = true;
     this->errors_to_browser = false;
     this->env_path = "/bin:/usr/bin";
     this->loglevel = LOGLEVEL_INFO;
@@ -143,6 +144,8 @@
                     this->strToBool(value);
             else if (key == "check_vhost_docroot")
                 this->check_vhost_docroot = this->strToBool(value);
+            else if (key == "check_symlink_ownership")
+                this->check_symlink_ownership = this->strToBool(value);
             else if (key == "errors_to_browser")
                 this->errors_to_browser = this->strToBool(value);
             else if (key == "env_path")
@@ -201,6 +204,10 @@
     return this->check_vhost_docroot;
 }
 
+bool suPHP::Configuration::getCheckSymlinkOwnership() const {
+    return this->check_symlink_ownership;
+}
+
 bool suPHP::Configuration::getAllowFileGroupWriteable() const {
     return this->allow_file_group_writeable;
 }
diff -Nabur suphp-0.7.1.orig/src/Configuration.hpp suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/src/Configuration.hpp
--- suphp-0.7.1.orig/src/Configuration.hpp	2008-03-29 14:02:36.000000000 +0100
+++ suphp-0.7.1.symlinkpatch/src/Configuration.hpp	2010-02-06 22:25:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
         bool allow_file_others_writeable;
         bool allow_directory_others_writeable;
         bool check_vhost_docroot;
+        bool check_symlink_ownership;
         bool errors_to_browser;
         std::string env_path;
         std::map<std::string, std::string> handlers;
@@ -108,6 +109,12 @@
         bool getCheckVHostDocroot() const;
         
         /**
+          * Returns whether suPHP should check if the owner UID and GID
+          * matches the UID and GID of the target file.
+        */
+        bool getCheckSymlinkOwnership() const;
+        
+        /**
          * Returns wheter suPHP should ignore the group write bit of
          * the script file
          */