diff --git a/.config/shell/aliasrc b/.config/shell/aliasrc
index e8c12cac..9b67305e 100644
--- a/.config/shell/aliasrc
+++ b/.config/shell/aliasrc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 [ -f "$XINITRC" ] && alias startx="startx $XINITRC"
 
 # sudo not required for some system commands
-for command in mount umount sv pacman updatedb su ; do
+for command in mount umount sv pacman updatedb su shutdown poweroff reboot ; do
 	alias $command="sudo $command"
 done; unset command