diff --git a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/Makefile b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/Makefile
index 217e9c047..521a2a13f 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PLUGIN_NAME=		zabbix-agent
-PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.5
-PLUGIN_COMMENT=		Enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring agent
+PLUGIN_VERSION=		1.6
+PLUGIN_COMMENT=		Zabbix monitoring agent
 PLUGIN_DEPENDS=		zabbix4-agent
 PLUGIN_MAINTAINER=	opnsense@moov.de
 
diff --git a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/zabbixagent.inc b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/zabbixagent.inc
index 0ebd6d2ae..c5d7a1f0a 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/zabbixagent.inc
+++ b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/etc/inc/plugins.inc.d/zabbixagent.inc
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ function zabbixagent_xmlrpc_sync()
     $result = array();
     $result['id'] = 'zabbixagent';
     $result['section'] = 'OPNsense.zabbixagent.settings';
-    $result['description'] = gettext('Enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring agent');
+    $result['description'] = gettext('Zabbix monitoring agent');
     return array($result);
 }
diff --git a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/forms/settings.xml b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/forms/settings.xml
index c9a5fe969..fb6c1b5b5 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/forms/settings.xml
+++ b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/forms/settings.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
             <help><![CDATA[Specifies the debug level for Zabbix agent.]]></help>
             <advanced>false</advanced>
         </field>
+        <field>
+            <id>zabbixagent.settings.main.sudoRoot</id>
+            <label>Enable sudo root permissions</label>
+            <type>checkbox</type>
+            <help><![CDATA[When enabled, a sudo rule is created to grant full root access to Zabbix Agent. This may be required for certain checks.]]></help>
+            <advanced>false</advanced>
+        </field>
     </tab>
     <tab id="zabbixagent-settings-tuning" description="Tuning Parameters">
         <field>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/ZabbixAgent.xml b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/ZabbixAgent.xml
index c903e10cc..ac4743576 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/ZabbixAgent.xml
+++ b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/ZabbixAgent.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <model>
     <mount>//OPNsense/ZabbixAgent</mount>
-    <version>1.2.1</version>
-    <description>Enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring agent</description>
+    <version>1.2.2</version>
+    <description>Zabbix monitoring agent</description>
     <items>
         <!-- local settings that should NOT be synced to another node -->
         <local>
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
                     </OptionValues>
                     <Required>Y</Required>
                 </debugLevel>
+                <sudoRoot type="BooleanField">
+                    <default>0</default>
+                    <Required>Y</Required>
+                </sudoRoot>
             </main>
             <tuning>
                 <startAgents type="IntegerField">
diff --git a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/+TARGETS b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/+TARGETS
index bf7196672..b32508ca0 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/+TARGETS
+++ b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/+TARGETS
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 zabbix_agentd.conf:/usr/local/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf
 rc.conf.d:/etc/rc.conf.d/zabbix_agentd
+sudo_rules:/usr/local/etc/sudoers.d/opnsense_zabbix_agent
diff --git a/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/sudo_rules b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/sudo_rules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc7790502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/zabbix-agent/src/opnsense/service/templates/OPNsense/ZabbixAgent/sudo_rules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# Automatically generated configuration.
+# Do not edit this file manually.
+{% if helpers.exists('OPNsense.ZabbixAgent.settings') and  OPNsense.ZabbixAgent.settings.main.sudoRoot|default('0') == '1' %}
+zabbix ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
+{% endif %}