diff --git a/scripts/create-latest-svc.sh b/scripts/create-latest-svc.sh
index 17da08bff..1971fda8a 100755
--- a/scripts/create-latest-svc.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-latest-svc.sh
@@ -126,5 +126,10 @@ sudo -E -u ${svc_user} ./config.sh --unattended --url $runner_url --token $RUNNE
 #---------------------------------------
 echo
 echo "Configuring as a service ..."
-./svc.sh install ${svc_user}
-./svc.sh start
+prefix=""
+if [ "${runner_plat}" == "linux" ]; then 
+    prefix="sudo "
+fi 
+
+${prefix}./svc.sh install ${svc_user}
+${prefix}./svc.sh start
diff --git a/scripts/remove-svc.sh b/scripts/remove-svc.sh
index e588d6904..1c95bfb52 100755
--- a/scripts/remove-svc.sh
+++ b/scripts/remove-svc.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ echo $REMOVE_TOKEN
 echo
 echo "Uninstall the service ..."
 pushd ./runner
-./svc.sh stop
-./svc.sh uninstall
+${prefix}./svc.sh stop
+${prefix}./svc.sh uninstall
 ./config.sh remove --token $REMOVE_TOKEN