diff --git a/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml b/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml
index 419d52b..490f022 100644
--- a/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/onos-vm-install/files/onos-setup-playbook.yml
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@
         dest={{ ansible_user_dir }}/cord/docker-compose.yml
 
     - name: Pull docker image for ONOS
+      become; yes
       command: docker pull onosproject/onos
 
diff --git a/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml b/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml
index d4116ec..64bd492 100644
--- a/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml
+++ b/roles/xos-vm-install/files/xos-setup-cord-pod-playbook.yml
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@
         dest={{ xos_repo_dest }}/xos/configurations/{{ xos_configuration }}/images/trusty-server-multi-nic.img
 
     - name: Pull docker images for XOS
+      become: yes
       command: docker-compose pull chdir="{{ xos_repo_dest }}/xos/configurations/{{ xos_configuration }}"