diff --git a/elements/rpm-distro/pre-install.d/00-allow-heat-admin-sudo b/elements/rpm-distro/pre-install.d/00-allow-heat-admin-sudo
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4c5d5bdbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/rpm-distro/pre-install.d/00-allow-heat-admin-sudo
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# heat-admin can not sudo without a tty by default
+echo 'Defaults:heat-admin !requiretty' >> /etc/sudoers.d/heat-admin-notty
+chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/heat-admin-notty
+visudo -c