diff --git a/about.pl b/about.pl
index dbed815084..4c273666ce 100755
--- a/about.pl
+++ b/about.pl
@@ -217,6 +217,34 @@ if ( !defined C4::Context->config('use_zebra_facets') ) {
     }
 }
 
+# Sco Patron should not contain any other perms than circulate => self_checkout
+if (  C4::Context->preference('WebBasedSelfCheck')
+      and C4::Context->preference('AutoSelfCheckAllowed')
+) {
+    my $userid = C4::Context->preference('AutoSelfCheckID');
+    my $all_permissions = C4::Auth::get_user_subpermissions( $userid );
+    my ( $has_self_checkout_perm, $has_other_permissions );
+    while ( my ( $module, $permissions ) = each %$all_permissions ) {
+        if ( $module eq 'circulate' ) {
+            while ( my ( $permission, $flag ) = each %$permissions ) {
+                if ( $permission eq 'self_checkout' ) {
+                    $has_self_checkout_perm = 1;
+                } else {
+                    $has_other_permissions = 1;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            $has_other_permissions = 1;
+        }
+    }
+    $template->param(
+        AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm => not ( $has_self_checkout_perm ),
+        AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm => $has_other_permissions,
+    );
+
+
+}
+
 $template->param(
     kohaVersion   => $kohaVersion,
     osVersion     => $osVersion,
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
index f9f6f7e205..b7cbfbd721 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/about.tt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
         <div id="sysinfo">
     [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron ||
-          warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || warnIsRootUser || xml_config_warnings.size %]
+          warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || warnIsRootUser || xml_config_warnings.size || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm %]
         [% IF (warnIsRootUser) %]
             <h2>Warning regarding current user</h2>
             <p>You are logged in as the database administrative user. This is not recommended because some parts of Koha will not function as expected when using this account.</p>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         [% END %]
 
         [% IF warnPrefBiblioAddsAuthorities || warnPrefEasyAnalyticalRecords || warnPrefAnonymousPatron ||
-              warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError %]
+              warnNoActiveCurrency || QueryParserError || AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm || AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm %]
             <h2>Warnings regarding the system configuration</h2>
             <table>
                 <caption>Preferences and parameters</caption>
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                 [% END %]
+                [% IF AutoSelfCheckPatronDoesNotHaveSelfCheckPerm %]
+                    <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>
+                    The patron used for the self checkout module at the OPAC does not have the circulate => self_checkout permission.
+                    </td></tr>
+                [% END %]
+                [% IF AutoSelfCheckPatronHasTooManyPerm %]
+                    <tr><th scope="row"><b>Warning</b> </th><td>
+                    The patron used for the self checkout module at the OPAC has too many permissions. They should only have circulate => self_checkout.
+                    </td></tr>
+                [% END %]
             </table>
         [% END %]