diff --git a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
index 584056eb0..4102bc168 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     - base
 
 - include: home-page.yml
- 
+
 - name: place the script to generate home pages
   template: src=refresh-wiki-docs.sh
             dest=/usr/bin/iiab-refresh-wiki-docs
@@ -156,3 +156,8 @@
 - name: generate the offline documents
   command: /usr/bin/iiab-refresh-wiki-docs
   when: not nodocs
+
+- name: Give apache_user permission for poweroff
+  template: src=020_apache_poweroff.j2
+            dest=/etc/sudoers.d/020_apache_poweroff
+            mode=0755
diff --git a/roles/httpd/templates/020_apache_poweroff.j2 b/roles/httpd/templates/020_apache_poweroff.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..828472aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/httpd/templates/020_apache_poweroff.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ apache_user }} ALL =NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff, /bin/systemctl poweroff
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