diff --git a/scripts/host-env b/scripts/host-env
index 760e90f..efa7e99 100755
--- a/scripts/host-env
+++ b/scripts/host-env
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ groupdel dialout
 groupadd -g "$gid" "${user}"
 useradd \
 	-g "$gid" \
+	-G sudo \
 	-u "$uid" \
 	-d "/home/${user}" \
 	-s /bin/bash \
diff --git a/scripts/packages-install b/scripts/packages-install
index 756ea05..f09a1cd 100755
--- a/scripts/packages-install
+++ b/scripts/packages-install
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ apt-get install \
     --allow-downgrades \
     -y $(cat /etc/apt/packages-${ARCH}.list)
 rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/* /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*;
+
+echo "%sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers
diff --git a/scripts/packages-update b/scripts/packages-update
index c3e6ec4..fa0b4f4 100755
--- a/scripts/packages-update
+++ b/scripts/packages-update
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ apt-get install -y --download-only --reinstall $( \
 	| awk -F'\t' '/^ii/ {print $2}' \
 	| awk '{print $1}' \
 )
-apt-get install -y --download-only $(cat /config/toolchain/packages-base.list)
+apt-get install \
+	-y \
+	--download-only \
+	sudo \
+	$(cat /config/toolchain/packages-base.list)
 
 ( cd /var/cache/apt/archives \
 	&& find . -type f \( -iname \*.deb \) -exec sha256sum {} \; \