diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
index 313ac14fb2..866f13bd96 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ num_cpus: 2
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_ppc64le_one_nic_unsafe }}"
 volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
 
+# setup access to workers
+ipa_client_shell_groups:
+  - sysadmin-osbuild
+  - sysadmin-releng
+ipa_client_sudo_groups:
+  - sysadmin-osbuild
+  - sysadmin-releng
+
 # osbuild worker variables
 osbuild_worker_server_hostname: "api.openshift.com"
 osbuild_worker_server_api_base_path: "/api/image-builder-worker/v1"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
index 97c00bce2e..eea6c638f8 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/buildvm_osbuild_ppc64le_staging
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ num_cpus: 2
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_ppc64le_one_nic_unsafe }}"
 volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
 
+# setup access to workers
+ipa_client_shell_groups:
+  - sysadmin-osbuild
+  - sysadmin-releng
+ipa_client_sudo_groups:
+  - sysadmin-osbuild
+  - sysadmin-releng
+
 # osbuild worker variables
 osbuild_worker_server_hostname: "api.stage.openshift.com"
 osbuild_worker_server_api_base_path: "/api/image-builder-worker/v1"