diff --git a/src/pacdiff.sh.in b/src/pacdiff.sh.in
index c4dbd89..aac88c8 100644
--- a/src/pacdiff.sh.in
+++ b/src/pacdiff.sh.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ LIBRARY=${LIBRARY:-'@libmakepkgdir@'}
 diffprog=${DIFFPROG:-'vim -d'}
 diffsearchpath=${DIFFSEARCHPATH:-/etc}
 USE_COLOR='y'
+SUDO=''
 declare -a oldsaves
 declare -i USE_FIND=0 USE_LOCATE=0 USE_PACDB=0 OUTPUTONLY=0
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ Search Options:     select one (default: --pacmandb)
 General Options:
   -o/--output       print files instead of merging them
   --nocolor         remove colors from output
+  -s/--sudo         use sudo to merge/remove files
 
 Environment Variables:
   DIFFPROG          override the merge program: (default: 'vim -d')
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@ while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
 			OUTPUTONLY=1;;
 		--nocolor)
 			USE_COLOR='n';;
+		-s|--sudo)
+			SUDO=sudo;;
 		-V|--version)
 			version; exit 0;;
 		-h|--help)
@@ -168,25 +172,29 @@ while IFS= read -u 3 -r -d '' pacfile; do
 	msg "%s file found for %s" "$file_type" "$file"
 	if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
 		warning "$file does not exist"
-		rm -iv "$pacfile"
+		$SUDO rm -iv "$pacfile"
 		continue
 	fi
 
 	if cmp -s "$pacfile" "$file"; then
 		msg2 "Files are identical, removing..."
-		rm -v "$pacfile"
+		$SUDO rm -v "$pacfile"
 	else
 		ask "(V)iew, (S)kip, (R)emove %s, (O)verwrite with %s, (Q)uit: [v/s/r/o/q] " "$file_type" "$file_type"
 		while read c; do
 			case $c in
 				q|Q) exit 0;;
-				r|R) rm -v "$pacfile"; break ;;
-				o|O) mv -v "$pacfile" "$file"; break ;;
+				r|R) $SUDO rm -v "$pacfile"; break ;;
+				o|O) $SUDO mv -v "$pacfile" "$file"; break ;;
 				v|V)
-					$diffprog "$pacfile" "$file"
+					if [[ -n "$SUDO" ]]; then
+						SUDO_EDITOR="$diffprog" sudoedit "$pacfile" "$file"
+					else
+						$diffprog "$pacfile" "$file"
+					fi
 					if cmp -s "$pacfile" "$file"; then
 						msg2 "Files are identical, removing..."
-						rm -v "$pacfile"
+						$SUDO rm -v "$pacfile"
 						break
 					fi
 					ask "(V)iew, (S)kip, (R)emove %s, (O)verwrite with %s, (Q)uit: [v/s/r/o/q] " "$file_type" "$file_type";