diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 842fc2408af7..327447823308 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	# nast hack for a couple of configuration files
 	mv $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSCONFDIR)/$(PACKAGE)/server/cloudstack-limits.conf $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSCONFDIR)/security/limits.d/
 	mv $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSCONFDIR)/$(PACKAGE)/server/cloudstack-sudoers $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSCONFDIR)/sudoers.d/$(PACKAGE)
+	sed -i '/requiretty/d' $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSCONFDIR)/sudoers.d/$(PACKAGE)
 	chmod 0440 $(DESTDIR)/$(SYSCONFDIR)/sudoers.d/$(PACKAGE)
 
 	install -D client/target/utilities/bin/cloud-update-xenserver-licenses $(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/cloudstack-update-xenserver-licenses