diff --git a/pkg/utils/btf.go b/pkg/utils/btf.go
index 56b9223f..07f8b0b8 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/btf.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/btf.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"debug/elf"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -37,7 +36,8 @@ func RunCMD(ctx context.Context, cwd string, binary string, args ...string) erro
 }
 
 func SudoCMD(binary string, args ...string) (string, []string) {
-	if os.Getuid() != 0 {
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("sudo")
+	if err == nil {
 		return "sudo", append([]string{binary}, args...)
 	}
 	return binary, args