Index: cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
===================================================================
--- cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@
 		 * here because otherwise any attempt to discover pools will
 		 * silently fail.
 		 */
-		if (argc == 0 && !priv_ineffect(PRIV_SYS_CONFIG)) {
+		if ((argc == 0 || argc == 1) && !priv_ineffect(PRIV_SYS_CONFIG)) {
 			(void) fprintf(stderr, gettext("cannot "
 			    "discover pools: permission denied\n"));
 			free(searchdirs);