diff --git a/src/weston-launch.c b/src/weston-launch.c
index 4fd747d0..4c07d8e4 100644
--- a/src/weston-launch.c
+++ b/src/weston-launch.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     initgroups(wl.pw->pw_name, wl.pw->pw_gid) < 0 ||
 #endif
 		    setuid(wl.pw->pw_uid) < 0)
-			error(1, errno, "dropping priviledges failed");
+			error(1, errno, "dropping privileges failed");
 
 
 		if (sleep_fork) {