diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/people b/inventory/group_vars/people
index 2ca8f06cb3..0be6732ba8 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/people
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/people
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ ipa_host_group_desc: A place for people to host things
 # fedora-contributors is an umbrella group containing all others
 ipa_client_shell_groups:
 - fedora-contributor
+ipa_client_sudo_groups:
+- sysadmin-tools
 
 fedmsg_certs:
 - service: shell