diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
index ce3d9ede52..672f643f57 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   with_dict: "{{ ovsdpdk_services }}"
 
 - name: Copying over config.json files for services
+  become: true
   template:
     src: "{{ item.key }}.json.j2"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}/config.json"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     - "Restart {{ item.key }} container"
 
 - name: Copying ovs-dpdkctl tool
+  become: true
   copy:
     src: ../tools/ovs-dpdkctl.sh
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/ovsdpdk-db/ovs-dpdkctl.sh"