diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/runner/hurl_file.rs b/packages/hurl/src/runner/hurl_file.rs
index b2aa6430e..ebc49ed4f 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/runner/hurl_file.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/runner/hurl_file.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  *
  */
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ use hurl_core::parser;
 
 use crate::http::Call;
 use crate::runner::runner_options::RunnerOptions;
-use crate::runner::{entry, options, EntryResult, HurlResult, Value};
+use crate::runner::{entry, options, EntryResult, HurlResult, RunnerError, Value};
 use crate::util::logger::{ErrorFormat, Logger, LoggerOptions, LoggerOptionsBuilder};
 use crate::{http, runner};
 
@@ -214,13 +215,19 @@ pub fn run(
         }) = options
         {
             if !has_error {
-                // TODO: make output write error as part of entry result errors.
+                // TODO: make output write and access error as part of entry result errors.
                 // For the moment, we deal the --output request failure as a simple warning and not
                 // an error. If we want to treat it as an error, we've to add it to the current
                 // `entry_result` errors, and optionally deals with retry if we can't write to the
                 // specified path.
-                if let Err(e) = entry_result.write_response(output) {
-                    logger.warning(&e.fixme());
+                if !runner_options.context_dir.is_access_allowed(&output) {
+                    let inner = RunnerError::UnauthorizedFileAccess {
+                        path: PathBuf::from(output.clone()),
+                    };
+                    let error = runner::Error::new(entry.request.source_info, inner, false);
+                    logger.warning(&error.fixme());
+                } else if let Err(error) = entry_result.write_response(output) {
+                    logger.warning(&error.fixme());
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/util/path.rs b/packages/hurl/src/util/path.rs
index 6760998a0..4490d8e85 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/util/path.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/util/path.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ use std::path::{Component, Path, PathBuf};
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct ContextDir {
     /// The current working directory.
-    /// If current directory is a relative path, the `is_allowed` is not guaranteed to be correct.
+    /// If current directory is a relative path, the `is_access_allowed` method
+    /// is not guaranteed to be correct.
     current_dir: PathBuf,
     /// The file root, either inferred or explicitly positioned by the user.
     /// As a consequence, it is always defined (and can't be replaced by a `Option<PathBuf>`).