diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/attach_disk b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/attach_disk
index b326749c11..ed5c4081bf 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/attach_disk
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/attach_disk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DATASTORE=`basename $TEMP_PATH`
 DISK_PATH="/vmfs/volumes/$DATASTORE/$VM_ID/$DISK_NAME/disk.vmdk" 
 
 # Get the VMware ID corresponding to the deploy_id
-VMWAREID=`vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms|grep $DEPLOYID|cut -d' ' -f 1`
+VMWAREID=`$SUDO vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms|grep $DEPLOYID|cut -d' ' -f 1`
 
 ATTACH_PARAMS="$VMWAREID $DISK_PATH $CONTROLLER_NUMBER $TARGET_NUMBER $DATASTORE"