diff --git a/news/prompt_superuser.rst b/news/prompt_superuser.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2ad15b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/prompt_superuser.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Show ``root`` and ``@#`` in prompt if user is superuser.
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/xonsh/prompt/base.py b/xonsh/prompt/base.py
index 4ff245fcf..90af7e855 100644
--- a/xonsh/prompt/base.py
+++ b/xonsh/prompt/base.py
@@ -338,9 +338,10 @@ class PromptFields(tp.MutableMapping[str, "FieldType"]):
         self.update(
             dict(
                 user=xp.os_environ.get(
-                    "USERNAME" if xp.ON_WINDOWS else "USER", "<user>"
+                    "USERNAME" if xp.ON_WINDOWS else "USER",
+                    "root" if xt.is_superuser() else "<user>",
                 ),
-                prompt_end="#" if xt.is_superuser() else "@",
+                prompt_end="@#" if xt.is_superuser() else "@",
                 hostname=socket.gethostname().split(".", 1)[0],
                 cwd=_dynamically_collapsed_pwd,
                 cwd_dir=lambda: os.path.join(os.path.dirname(_replace_home_cwd()), ""),