diff --git a/guest/README.md b/guest/README.md
index 5825f2c9..c903fc51 100644
--- a/guest/README.md
+++ b/guest/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ direct-boot kernel and matching headers are held, while the packaged
 repository. A separate migration channel is required before those
 Try-Omarchy-specific revisions can advance on an existing disk without reset.
 
+The factory includes the pinned upstream `omarchy-dns` and
+`omarchy-theme-browser` sudoers drop-ins, owned by `try-omarchy-runtime` with
+root ownership and mode `0440`. These grant wheel users passwordless access
+only to the upstream DNS presets and browser theme-color helper, so those menu
+actions do not fall back to a polkit password prompt. Other sudo operations
+retain their existing password or opt-in Touch ID authentication. As with other
+factory changes, replacing the Mac app does not add these files to an existing VM.
+
 The default Tokyo Night wallpaper is seeded as a per-user background at
 `native-overlay/etc/skel/.config/omarchy/backgrounds/tokyo-night/try-omarchy-wallpaper.jpg`.
 Omarchy checks that directory before the packaged theme backgrounds during
diff --git a/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh b/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh
index 6b68895e..ecf6df5e 100755
--- a/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh
+++ b/guest/scripts/finalize-rootfs.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ read_spec() {
 
 locale-gen
 passwd --lock root >/dev/null
+# Check the effective sudoers policy and the package-owned menu grants before
+# publishing an image. Materialization runs as root in the ARM64 builder.
+visudo --check
+for name in omarchy-dns omarchy-theme-browser; do
+  policy="/etc/sudoers.d/$name"
+  [[ $(stat -c '%u:%g:%a' "$policy") == 0:0:440 ]] || {
+    echo "Unsafe ownership or permissions on $policy" >&2
+    exit 1
+  }
+  [[ $(pacman -Qoq "$policy") == try-omarchy-runtime ]] || {
+    echo "Menu sudoers policy is not owned by the Omarchy runtime: $policy" >&2
+    exit 1
+  }
+done
 systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
 systemctl enable systemd-resolved.service
 systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service
diff --git a/guest/scripts/materialize-omarchy.sh b/guest/scripts/materialize-omarchy.sh
index c985b678..cdd1ac96 100755
--- a/guest/scripts/materialize-omarchy.sh
+++ b/guest/scripts/materialize-omarchy.sh
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ install_file 0644 "$source_dir/etc/xdg/kitty/kitty.conf" "$root/etc/xdg/kitty/ki
 install_file 0644 "$source_dir/etc/tmpfiles.d/omarchy-nopasswd-sudo.conf" \
   "$root/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/omarchy-nopasswd-sudo.conf"
 
+# Let the menu's DNS and browser-theme helpers use their narrowly scoped
+# upstream passwordless grants instead of falling back to a polkit prompt.
+for name in omarchy-dns omarchy-theme-browser; do
+  install_file 0440 "$source_dir/etc/sudoers.d/$name" "$root/etc/sudoers.d/$name"
+done
+
 # Preserve the application metadata and artwork used by Quickshell's real app
 # provider. Normalize display-style artwork names to the lowercase, hyphenated
 # icon identifiers used by the desktop files and accepted by GTK's icon cache.
diff --git a/guest/scripts/register-omarchy-runtime.sh b/guest/scripts/register-omarchy-runtime.sh
index abbaee1d..8a863138 100755
--- a/guest/scripts/register-omarchy-runtime.sh
+++ b/guest/scripts/register-omarchy-runtime.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ for relative in etc/xdg/kitty/kitty.conf usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/omarchy-nopasswd-sud
   install -Dm0644 "$root/$relative" "$stage/$relative"
 done
 
+# Keep the upstream menu helpers' scoped passwordless grants package-owned.
+for name in omarchy-dns omarchy-theme-browser; do
+  install -Dm0440 "$root/etc/sudoers.d/$name" "$stage/etc/sudoers.d/$name"
+done
+
 # The VM-specific screensaver override is one of the packaged Omarchy commands
 # below. Keep its cursor-policy helper in the same package so reinstalling or
 # verifying the runtime cannot leave that command with an unowned dependency.
diff --git a/guest/spec.json b/guest/spec.json
index 8b02ac07..29f47854 100644
--- a/guest/spec.json
+++ b/guest/spec.json
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@
       "default/themed/shell.toml.tpl",
       "default/uwsm/env.d/10-omarchy",
       "default/wayland-sessions/omarchy.desktop",
+      "etc/sudoers.d/omarchy-dns",
+      "etc/sudoers.d/omarchy-theme-browser",
       "install/provisioning/omarchy-provision-owner.service",
       "install/provisioning/setup-form.sh",
       "install/user/all.sh",
diff --git a/guest/tests/verify.py b/guest/tests/verify.py
index 26786140..ff3d7ecb 100755
--- a/guest/tests/verify.py
+++ b/guest/tests/verify.py
@@ -1719,6 +1719,16 @@ def main() -> None:
                 capture_output=True,
             )
             staged_icons = staged_root / "usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps"
+            for name in ("omarchy-dns", "omarchy-theme-browser"):
+                relative = Path("etc/sudoers.d") / name
+                policy = staged_root / relative
+                check(
+                    policy.is_file()
+                    and not policy.is_symlink()
+                    and policy.read_bytes() == (source / relative).read_bytes()
+                    and stat.S_IMODE(policy.stat().st_mode) == 0o440,
+                    f"menu sudoers policy preserves upstream grants with mode 0440: {name}",
+                )
             for upstream_path, installed_path in (
                 ("etc/xdg/kitty/kitty.conf", "etc/xdg/kitty/kitty.conf"),
                 ("etc/tmpfiles.d/omarchy-nopasswd-sudo.conf", "usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/omarchy-nopasswd-sudo.conf"),