diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9675d36ca6..51b20c670d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ Depends: at,
          libfontconfig1,
          libfreetype6,
          libssl1.1
-Recommends: jellyfin-web
+Recommends: jellyfin-web, sudo
 Description: Jellyfin is the Free Software Media System.
  This package provides the Jellyfin server backend and API.
diff --git a/fedora/jellyfin.spec b/fedora/jellyfin.spec
index 197126ee56..de259efb59 100644
--- a/fedora/jellyfin.spec
+++ b/fedora/jellyfin.spec
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Jellyfin is a free software media system that puts you in control of managing an
 Summary:        The Free Software Media System Server backend
 Requires(pre):  shadow-utils
 Requires:       ffmpeg
-Requires:       libcurl, fontconfig, freetype, openssl, glibc, libicu, at
+Requires:       libcurl, fontconfig, freetype, openssl, glibc, libicu, at, sudo
 
 %description server
 The Jellyfin media server backend.