diff --git a/doc/BINPKG_INFO b/doc/BINPKG_INFO
index e507d05fb69..cf2f06d004f 100644
--- a/doc/BINPKG_INFO
+++ b/doc/BINPKG_INFO
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ To install binary packages, firstly a repository must be created as well as
 some binary packages for it. The flow for this task is:
 
 	1- xbps-src install <package>
-	2- xbps-src build-pkg all
+	2- xbps-src build-pkg all [requires sudo access]
 	3- xbps-src genindex
 	4- xbps-repo add $XBPS_PACKAGES
 	5- xbps-bin install -r /rootdir <package>
diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
index bcc7c3722b8..6fdab5f8500 100644
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ xbps binary/source packages:
 	* wget
 	* libarchive (development package)
 	* perl
+	* sudo
 
 Super-user privileges are required as well, because all packages are built
 in a chroot (except the ones that are included in a virtual package to be
diff --git a/doc/SRCPKG_INFO b/doc/SRCPKG_INFO
index 7de79770f73..b95fae91b54 100644
--- a/doc/SRCPKG_INFO
+++ b/doc/SRCPKG_INFO
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
  REQUIREMENTS
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-To be able to build packages the following software is required:
+To be able to build packages from source the following software is required
+in the host system:
 
 	* GNU Binutils
 	* GNU Bison
@@ -20,8 +21,6 @@ Super-user privileges are required as well, because all packages are built
 in a chroot (except the ones that are included in a virtual package to be
 able to build a minimal system for the chroot).
 
-PLEASE NOTE THAT fakechroot or fakeroot-ng DO NOT WORK.
-
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  HOW TO BUILD/HANDLE PACKAGES FROM SOURCE
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index eb9cf0af8ef..d4e0af0c7ba 100644
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ xbps-cmpver:
 
 Packages:
  * fix mpfr hardcoded rpath for gmp.
- * Fix sudo permissions for /etc/sudoers. This must be 644 to be able to
-   build the binary package.
 
 xbps-bin:
  * Add support to handle conf_files and keep_dirs from package metadata.
diff --git a/shutils/binpkg.sh b/shutils/binpkg.sh
index 9c92eb1e2ce..e52437c6c56 100644
--- a/shutils/binpkg.sh
+++ b/shutils/binpkg.sh
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ xbps_make_binpkg()
 	binpkg=$pkgname-$version.$arch.xbps
 	pkgdir=$XBPS_PACKAGESDIR/$arch
 
-	run_rootcmd tar cfjp $XBPS_DESTDIR/$binpkg .
+	run_rootcmd yes tar cfjp $XBPS_DESTDIR/$binpkg .
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 		[ ! -d $pkgdir ] && mkdir -p $pkgdir
 		mv -f $XBPS_DESTDIR/$binpkg $pkgdir
diff --git a/shutils/common_funcs.sh b/shutils/common_funcs.sh
index e14a773654f..c01814d0cd8 100644
--- a/shutils/common_funcs.sh
+++ b/shutils/common_funcs.sh
@@ -39,12 +39,19 @@ run_func()
 run_rootcmd()
 {
 	local lenv=
+	local usesudo="$1"
 
 	[ -n "$in_chroot" ] && unset fakeroot_cmd
 
 	lenv="XBPS_DESTDIR=$XBPS_DESTDIR"
 	lenv="XBPS_DISTRIBUTIONDIR=$XBPS_DISTRIBUTIONDIR $lenv"
-	env ${lenv} ${fakeroot_cmd} $@
+
+	shift
+	if [ -n "$usesudo" -a -z "$in_chroot" ]; then
+		sudo env ${lenv} $@
+	else
+		env ${lenv} ${fakeroot_cmd} $@
+	fi
 }
 
 msg_error()
diff --git a/shutils/install_funcs.sh b/shutils/install_funcs.sh
index e139a62e00f..ccf146c5e5d 100644
--- a/shutils/install_funcs.sh
+++ b/shutils/install_funcs.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ make_install()
 	#
 	# Install package via make.
 	#
-	run_rootcmd ${make_cmd} ${make_install_target} ${make_install_args}
+	run_rootcmd no ${make_cmd} ${make_install_target} ${make_install_args}
 	if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
 		msg_error "installing $pkgname-$version."
 		exit 1
diff --git a/templates/sudo/template b/templates/sudo/template
index b4cf6beaf0d..16cbdf4d4b0 100644
--- a/templates/sudo/template
+++ b/templates/sudo/template
@@ -32,8 +32,4 @@ session     optional	    pam_xauth.so
 session     required        pam_env.so
 session     required        pam_unix.so
 _EOF
-	chmod 644 $destdir/etc/pam.d/sudo
-	chmod 644 $destdir/usr/libexec/sudo/sudo_noexec.so
-	chmod 755 $destdir/usr/bin/sudo* $destdir/usr/sbin/visudo
-	chmod 644 $destdir/etc/sudoers
 }