diff --git a/meta-ibm/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_%.bbappend b/meta-ibm/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_%.bbappend
index 338df39..e503acc 100644
--- a/meta-ibm/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-ibm/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_%.bbappend
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 do_install:append () {
         # Allow members of the 'wheel' group to use passwordless sudo
-        sed -i 's/# \(%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\)/\1/' ${D}${sysconfdir}/sudoers
+        sed -i 's/# \(%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\)/\1/' ${D}${sysconfdir}/sudoers
 }