diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 7847bc1..5283393 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
 - name: restart docker
+  become: yes
   service: "name=docker state={{ docker_restart_handler_state }}"
diff --git a/tasks/docker-compose.yml b/tasks/docker-compose.yml
index 92cf4f2..d1c356e 100644
--- a/tasks/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tasks/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     and docker_compose_version not in docker_compose_current_version.stdout
 
 - name: Install Docker Compose (if configured).
+  become: yes
   get_url:
     url: https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/{{ docker_compose_version }}/docker-compose-Linux-x86_64
     dest: "{{ docker_compose_path }}"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 56449ef..039da88 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@
   when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
 
 - name: Install Docker.
+  become: yes
   package:
     name: "{{ docker_package }}"
     state: "{{ docker_package_state }}"
   notify: restart docker
 
 - name: Ensure Docker is started and enabled at boot.
+  become: yes
   service:
     name: docker
     state: "{{ docker_service_state }}"
diff --git a/tasks/setup-Debian.yml b/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
index d701135..c8773c2 100644
--- a/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Ensure old versions of Docker are not installed.
+  become: yes
   package:
     name:
       - docker
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
     state: absent
 
 - name: Ensure dependencies are installed.
+  become: yes
   apt:
     name:
       - apt-transport-https
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
     state: present
 
 - name: Add Docker apt key.
+  become: yes
   apt_key:
     url: "{{ docker_apt_gpg_key }}"
     id: 9DC858229FC7DD38854AE2D88D81803C0EBFCD88
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@
   ignore_errors: "{{ docker_apt_ignore_key_error }}"
 
 - name: Ensure curl is present (on older systems without SNI).
+  become: yes
   package: name=curl state=present
   when: add_repository_key is failed
 
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@
   when: add_repository_key is failed
 
 - name: Add Docker repository.
+  become: yes
   apt_repository:
     repo: "{{ docker_apt_repository }}"
     state: present