diff --git a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
index dc2b477ac7..cbb6cf84c8 100644
--- a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
+++ b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	log.Debugf("Upgrading Docker")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 
diff --git a/drivers/azure/azure.go b/drivers/azure/azure.go
index 0ca84839d1..e3c43d797e 100644
--- a/drivers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/drivers/azure/azure.go
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ func (driver *Driver) GetSSHCommand(args ...string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 func (driver *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	log.Debugf("Upgrading Docker")
 
-	cmd, err := driver.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
+	cmd, err := driver.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 
diff --git a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
index f0640dcdf0..72507caa88 100644
--- a/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
+++ b/drivers/digitalocean/digitalocean.go
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	log.Debugf("Upgrading Docker")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 
diff --git a/drivers/google/compute_util.go b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
index 8ad5d1c436..4a7e8965a2 100644
--- a/drivers/google/compute_util.go
+++ b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (c *ComputeUtil) createInstance(d *Driver) error {
 func (c *ComputeUtil) updateDocker(d *Driver) error {
 	log.Debugf("Upgrading Docker")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 
diff --git a/drivers/openstack/openstack.go b/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
index 01d9b90a2e..e015ce71b3 100644
--- a/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
+++ b/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	log.Debugf("Upgrading Docker")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 
diff --git a/drivers/softlayer/driver.go b/drivers/softlayer/driver.go
index b19ea842fe..57c6001cd1 100644
--- a/drivers/softlayer/driver.go
+++ b/drivers/softlayer/driver.go
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	log.Debugf("Upgrading Docker")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
index 0a7360f631..999630bdb7 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ func (d *Driver) GetDockerConfigDir() string {
 func (d *Driver) Upgrade() error {
 	log.Debugf("Upgrading Docker")
 
-	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
+	cmd, err := d.GetSSHCommand("sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --upgrade lxc-docker")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err