diff --git a/script-user-remove b/script-user-remove
index 5713ef09..ede760ca 100755
--- a/script-user-remove
+++ b/script-user-remove
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ is_root
 
 user="$1"
 
+if ! id -u "$user"; then
+    echo "User $user does not exist"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ! ask_ok "Remove user $user?" && exit $?
 
 killall -u "$user"