diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e92b82750854f7170b7f265c7d74c107b9f58df..032d25286661c197ad205659135c21b6a4b4209b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ zsh_completion
 find-libdeps
 crossrepomove
 arch-nspawn
+sudoers
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d93fefd664136e2b40fc49e2dbee8a72b899cab3..f8a25f5025b49d0dd205bf0c90d5f24d92f5e27d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ BASHCOMPLETION_LINKS = \
 	archco \
 	communityco
 
-all: $(BINPROGS) bash_completion zsh_completion
+all: $(BINPROGS) bash_completion zsh_completion sudoers
 
 edit = sed -e "s|@pkgdatadir[@]|$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/devtools|g"
 
@@ -79,8 +79,15 @@ edit = sed -e "s|@pkgdatadir[@]|$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/devtools|g"
 	@chmod +x "$@"
 	@bash -O extglob -n "$@"
 
+sudoers: sudoers.in
+	@echo "GEN $@"
+	@$(RM) "$@"
+	@m4 -D PREFIX='$(PREFIX)/bin' -D BIN='makechrootpkg $(ARCHBUILD_LINKS)' $@.in > $@
+	@chmod a-w "$@"
+
+
 clean:
-	rm -f $(BINPROGS) bash_completion zsh_completion
+	rm -f $(BINPROGS) sudoers bash_completion zsh_completion
 
 install:
 	install -dm0755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
@@ -95,6 +102,8 @@ install:
 	for l in ${BASHCOMPLETION_LINKS}; do ln -sf devtools $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/$$l; done
 	install -Dm0644 zsh_completion $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/zsh/site-functions/_devtools
 	ln -sf archco $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/communityco
+	install -dm750 $(DESTDIR)/etc/sudoers.d
+	install -Dm0644 sudoers $(DESTDIR)/etc/sudoers.d/50-devtools
 
 uninstall:
 	for f in ${BINPROGS}; do rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/$$f; done
@@ -106,6 +115,7 @@ uninstall:
 	rm $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/zsh/site-functions/_devtools
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/communityco
 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/find-libprovides
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$/etc/sudoers.d/50-devtools
 
 dist:
 	git archive --format=tar --prefix=devtools-$(V)/ $(V) | gzip -9 > devtools-$(V).tar.gz
diff --git a/sudoers.in b/sudoers.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d2ca7a05078b8da772d212ebfd42b083b585019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sudoers.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+define(`prep',dnl
+`ifelse(index(`$1', ` '),-1,PREFIX/$1,PREFIX/substr($1,0,index(`$1',` '))`, 'dnl
+`$0(substr(`$1', eval(index(`$1',` ')+1)))')'dnl
+)dnl
+Cmnd_Alias DEVTOOLS = prep(BIN)
+
+Defaults!DEVTOOLS umask_override
+
+%devtools ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: DEVTOOLS