diff --git a/roles/create-user/tasks/main.yml b/roles/create-user/tasks/main.yml
index cfda9e7..15362ac 100644
--- a/roles/create-user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/create-user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 - name: "Copy '~/.ssh/id_*.pub' (on controller) to authorized_keys for '{{ create_username }}'"
   tags: ['keys']
+  become: true
   ansible.posix.authorized_key:
     user: "{{ create_username }}"
     state: present