diff --git a/trinity-base/konsole/konsole-9999.ebuild b/trinity-base/konsole/konsole-9999.ebuild
index a5acc6f0..c017f04d 100644
--- a/trinity-base/konsole/konsole-9999.ebuild
+++ b/trinity-base/konsole/konsole-9999.ebuild
@@ -9,16 +9,20 @@ inherit trinity-meta-2
 
 DESCRIPTION="X terminal for use with Trinity."
 
+IUSE="sudo"
+
 DEPEND="x11-libs/libX11
 	x11-libs/libXrender"
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	sudo? ( app-admin/sudo )
 	x11-apps/bdftopcf
 	=trinity-base/kcontrol-${PV}"
 
 src_configure() {
 	mycmakeargs=(
 		-DWITH_XRENDER=ON
+		-DWITH_SUDO_KONSOLE_SUPER_USER_COMMAND="$(usex sudo)"
 	)
 
 	trinity-meta-2_src_configure
diff --git a/trinity-base/tdesu/tdesu-9999.ebuild b/trinity-base/tdesu/tdesu-9999.ebuild
index 8efeccc6..72426edc 100644
--- a/trinity-base/tdesu/tdesu-9999.ebuild
+++ b/trinity-base/tdesu/tdesu-9999.ebuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 src_configure () {
 	mycmakeargs=(
 		-DWITH_SUDO_TDESU_BACKEND="$(usex sudo)"
+		-DWITH_SUDO_KONSOLE_SUPER_USER_COMMAND="$(usex sudo)"
 	)
 
 	trinity-meta-2_src_configure
@@ -27,8 +28,7 @@ pkg_postinst () {
 		einfo "It can be overriden on a user-level by adding:"
 		einfo "  [super-user-command]"
 		einfo "    super-user-command=su"
-		einfo "to the kdeglobal config file which is should be usually"
+		einfo "to the kdeglobals config file which is should be usually"
 		einfo "located in the ~/.trinity/share/config/ directory."
-
 	fi
 }