diff --git a/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh b/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh
index b8bdb5fe809cfcdc5e8207ca8f7be8186729f203..f491320d6fe2b4ae3959e5938f7777cd35a54839 100755
--- a/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh
+++ b/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 # optional argument: Mininet branch to install
 set -e
-echo `whoami` ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers > /dev/null
+echo "$(whoami) ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers > /dev/null
 sudo sed -i -e 's/Default/#Default/' /etc/sudoers
 echo mininet-vm | sudo tee /etc/hostname > /dev/null
 sudo sed -i -e 's/ubuntu/mininet-vm/g' /etc/hosts