diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/templates/default/slurm/99-parallelcluster-slurm.erb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/templates/default/slurm/99-parallelcluster-slurm.erb
index 8b5777fee3..4be04a964d 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/templates/default/slurm/99-parallelcluster-slurm.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-slurm/templates/default/slurm/99-parallelcluster-slurm.erb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 Cmnd_Alias SLURM_COMMANDS = <%= node['cluster']['slurm']['install_dir'] %>/bin/scontrol, <%= node['cluster']['slurm']['install_dir'] %>/bin/sinfo
 Cmnd_Alias SLURM_HOOKS_COMMANDS = <%= node_virtualenv_path %>/bin/slurm_suspend, <%= node_virtualenv_path %>/bin/slurm_resume, <%= node_virtualenv_path %>/bin/slurm_fleet_status_manager
 Cmnd_Alias SHUTDOWN = /usr/sbin/shutdown
+Cmnd_Alias KILLALL = /usr/bin/killall
 
 <%= node['cluster']['cluster_admin_user'] %> ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: SLURM_COMMANDS
 <%= node['cluster']['cluster_admin_user'] %> ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN
+<%= node['cluster']['cluster_admin_user'] %> ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: KILLALL
 
 <%= node['cluster']['slurm']['user'] %> ALL = (<%= node['cluster']['cluster_admin_user'] %>) NOPASSWD:SETENV: SLURM_HOOKS_COMMANDS