diff --git a/contrib/crontab.php b/contrib/crontab.php
index 536798a57..2717135df 100644
--- a/contrib/crontab.php
+++ b/contrib/crontab.php
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     return get('application', 'application');
 });
 
+// Use sudo to run crontab. When running crontab with sudo, you can use the `-u` parameter to change a crontab for a different user.
+set('crontab:use_sudo', false);
+
 desc('Sync crontab jobs');
 task('crontab:sync', function () {
     $cronJobsLocal = array_map(
@@ -80,6 +83,8 @@
 
 function setRemoteCrontab(array $lines): void
 {
+    $sudo = get('crontab:use_sudo') ? 'sudo' : '';
+
     $tmpCrontabPath = sprintf('/tmp/%s', uniqid('crontab_save_'));
 
     if (test("[ -f '$tmpCrontabPath' ]")) {
@@ -90,16 +95,18 @@ function setRemoteCrontab(array $lines): void
         run("echo '" . $line . "' >> $tmpCrontabPath");
     }
 
-    run('{{bin/crontab}} ' . $tmpCrontabPath);
+    run("$sudo {{bin/crontab}} " . $tmpCrontabPath);
     run('unlink ' . $tmpCrontabPath);
 }
 
 function getRemoteCrontab(): array
 {
-    if (!test("{{bin/crontab}} -l >> /dev/null 2>&1")) {
+    $sudo = get('crontab:use_sudo') ? 'sudo' : '';
+
+    if (!test("$sudo {{bin/crontab}} -l >> /dev/null 2>&1")) {
         return [];
     }
 
-    return explode(PHP_EOL, run("{{bin/crontab}} -l"));
+    return explode(PHP_EOL, run("$sudo {{bin/crontab}} -l"));
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/contrib/crontab.md b/docs/contrib/crontab.md
index fb8d97d47..45017d838 100644
--- a/docs/contrib/crontab.md
+++ b/docs/contrib/crontab.md
@@ -32,11 +32,21 @@ return get('application', 'application');
 ```
 
 
+### crontab:use_sudo
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/contrib/crontab.php#L38)
+
+Use sudo to run crontab. When running crontab with sudo, you can use the `-u` parameter to change a crontab for a different user.
+
+```php title="Default value"
+false
+```
+
+
 
 ## Tasks
 
 ### crontab:sync
-[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/contrib/crontab.php#L38)
+[Source](https://github.com/deployphp/deployer/blob/master/contrib/crontab.php#L41)
 
 Sync crontab jobs.