diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.17p2.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.17p2.bb
index 7dfa0cef6c..489c0db09d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.17p2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sudo/sudo_1.9.17p2.bb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ do_install:append () {
 		install -D -m 644 ${UNPACKDIR}/sudo.pam ${D}/${sysconfdir}/pam.d/sudo
 		if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pam-wheel', 'true', 'false', d)} ; then
 			echo 'auth       required     pam_wheel.so use_uid' >>${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/sudo
-			sed -i 's/# \(%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL\)/\1/' ${D}${sysconfdir}/sudoers
+			sed -i 's/# \(%wheel ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL\)/\1/' ${D}${sysconfdir}/sudoers
 		fi
 	fi