diff --git a/definitions/.suse/session.rb b/definitions/.suse/session.rb
index 041649d21..c1b3e1762 100644
--- a/definitions/.suse/session.rb
+++ b/definitions/.suse/session.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
                          :os_type_id => 'OpenSUSE_64',
                          :postinstall_files => [ "vagrant.sh",
                                                  "sshd.sh",
+                                                 "sudoers.sh",
                                                  "cleanup.sh",
                                                  "minimize.sh" ],
                          :shutdown_cmd => "/sbin/halt -h -p" })
diff --git a/definitions/.suse/sudoers.sh b/definitions/.suse/sudoers.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb80f3f88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/definitions/.suse/sudoers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# update sudoers - can't do this in autoinst.xml
+echo -e "\nupdate sudoers ..."
+echo -e "vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\n" >> /etc/sudoers
diff --git a/definitions/sles-11-sp2-i386/sudoers.sh b/definitions/sles-11-sp2-i386/sudoers.sh
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..18d9cf04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/definitions/sles-11-sp2-i386/sudoers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.suse/sudoers.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/definitions/sles-11-sp2/sudoers.sh b/definitions/sles-11-sp2/sudoers.sh
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..18d9cf04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/definitions/sles-11-sp2/sudoers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.suse/sudoers.sh
\ No newline at end of file