diff --git a/debug-backend.sh b/debug-backend.sh
index 7f67ad7..5d8b1c7 100755
--- a/debug-backend.sh
+++ b/debug-backend.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ fi
 PORT="${2:-3222}"
 PLUGIN_NAME="${1:-zabbix-plugin_}"
 
-ptrace_scope=`cat /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope`
-if [ "$ptrace_scope" != 0 ]; then
-  echo "WARNING: ptrace_scope set to value other than 0, this might prevent debugger from connecting, try writing \"0\" to /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope.
+if [ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]; then
+  ptrace_scope=`cat /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope`
+  if [ "$ptrace_scope" != 0 ]; then
+    echo "WARNING: ptrace_scope set to value other than 0, this might prevent debugger from connecting, try writing \"0\" to /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope.
 Read more at https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/security/Yama.txt"
+    read -p "Set ptrace_scope to 0? y/N (default N)" set_ptrace_input
+    if [ "$set_ptrace_input" == "y" ] || [ "$set_ptrace_input" == "Y" ]; then
+      echo 0 | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope
+    fi
+  fi
 fi
 
 PLUGIN_PID=`pgrep ${PLUGIN_NAME}`