diff --git a/users/defaults/main.yml b/users/defaults/main.yml
index 9d0ecda9..1ca43f58 100644
--- a/users/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/users/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 # Users can have sudo privileges if the 'admin' property is 'true'
 # admin users can also directly log as root when 'user_admin_can_log_as_root' is set to 'true'
 
-users_sudoers_group: sudo
+deb_users_sudoers_group: sudo
+rh_users_sudoers_group: wheel
+users_sudoers_group: '{{ deb_users_sudoers_group }}'
 users_sudoers_create_group: False
 users_sudoers_create_sudo_conf: False
 users_home_dir: /home
diff --git a/users/tasks/main.yml b/users/tasks/main.yml
index 9f2bfe3d..9cf97397 100644
--- a/users/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/users/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,28 @@
       with_items: '{{ users_system_users | default([]) }}'
       when: item.ssh_key is defined
 
-    - name: Add the admin users to the sudoers group
-      user: name={{ item.login }} groups={{ users_sudoers_group }} append=yes
+    - name: Add the admin users to the sudoers group on debian based systems
+      user: name={{ item.login }} groups={{ deb_users_sudoers_group }} append=yes
       with_items: '{{ users_system_users | default([]) }}'
-      when: item.admin
+      when:
+        - item.admin
+        - ansible_distribution_file_variety == "Debian" 
+
+    - name: Add the admin users to the sudoers group on rh/centos systems
+      user: name={{ item.login }} groups={{ rh_users_sudoers_group }} append=yes
+      with_items: '{{ users_system_users | default([]) }}'
+      when:
+        - item.admin
+        - ansible_distribution_file_variety == "RedHat" 
+
+    - name: Permit sudo without password
+      lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/sudoers
+        state: present
+        regexp: '^%{{ rh_users_sudoers_group }}\s'
+        line: '%{{ rh_users_sudoers_group }} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL'
+      when: ansible_distribution_file_variety == "RedHat" 
+      tags: [ 'users', 'sudo_wheel' ]
 
     - name: ensure that the users can login with their ssh keys as root if we want ensure direct access
       authorized_key: user=root key="{{ item.ssh_key }}" state=present