diff --git a/runner/Dockerfile b/runner/Dockerfile
index 122aa086..b0a92c63 100644
--- a/runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/runner/Dockerfile
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ ARG RUNNER_VERSION
 ARG DOCKER_VERSION
 
 RUN apt update \
-  && apt install curl ca-certificates -y --no-install-recommends \
+  && apt install sudo curl ca-certificates -y --no-install-recommends \
   && curl -L -o docker.tgz https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/x86_64/docker-${DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz \
   && tar zxvf docker.tgz \
   && install -o root -g root -m 755 docker/docker /usr/local/bin/docker \
   && rm -rf docker docker.tgz \
   && curl -L -o /usr/local/bin/dumb-init https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/releases/download/v1.2.2/dumb-init_1.2.2_amd64 \
   && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dumb-init \
-  && adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --uid 1000 runner
+  && adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --uid 1000 runner \
+  && usermod -aG sudo runner \
+  && echo "%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /etc/sudoers
 
 RUN mkdir -p /runner \
   && cd /runner \