diff --git a/modules/base/conf.go b/modules/base/conf.go
index d0f8ae2cc..3eb01bdd5 100644
--- a/modules/base/conf.go
+++ b/modules/base/conf.go
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ func NewConfigContext() {
 
 	RunUser = Cfg.MustValue("", "RUN_USER")
 	curUser := os.Getenv("USERNAME")
+	if len(curUser) == 0 {
+		curUser = os.Getenv("whoami")
+	}
 	if RunUser != curUser {
 		fmt.Printf("Expect user(%s) but current user is: %s\n", RunUser, curUser)
 		os.Exit(2)