diff --git a/net/remote/remote-client.sh b/net/remote/remote-client.sh
index 20fe83fbb2..8460456053 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-client.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-client.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ local|tar)
   exit 1
 esac
 
-scripts/oom-monitor.sh > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
+(
+  sudo scripts/oom-monitor.sh
+) > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
 scripts/net-stats.sh  > net-stats.log 2>&1 &
 
 ! tmux list-sessions || tmux kill-session
diff --git a/net/remote/remote-node.sh b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
index 371e2c8e7a..1bcabc4a9f 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-node.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ local|tar)
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source ./target/perf-libs/env.sh
 
-  scripts/oom-monitor.sh  > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
+  (
+    sudo scripts/oom-monitor.sh
+  ) > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
   scripts/net-stats.sh  > net-stats.log 2>&1 &
 
   maybeNoLeaderRotation=