diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/element-deps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7076aba94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/element-deps
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-installs
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/package-installs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b00b34163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/package-installs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sudo:
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/pkg-map b/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/pkg-map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34a1ca9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/devuser/pkg-map
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "family": {
+    "gentoo": {
+      "sudo": "app-admin/sudo"
+    }
+  }
+}