diff --git a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
index a3a5ca1950ac30106ab54692280e2a7d7d37d82b..15350989182667042e7f26750f181b2548fd53b6 100644
--- a/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: copy rpms
   copy: src=/tmp/rpmbuild dest=/tmp/
+  sudo: true
 
 - name: install munge rpms
   shell: "rpm --install /tmp/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/munge*{{ munge_version }}*rpm"