diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a30699a..07e1764 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,3 +108,6 @@ Useful commands:
   need to be frequent, but otherwise, the database is going to bloat eventually)
 - ``reencrypt_fields``: Run after you changed your ``SERVALA_SECRET_KEY`` or ``SERVALA_SALT_KEY`` in order to use the
   new keys, and be able to retire the previous ones.
+- ``make_staff_user``: Mark one or multiple users as staff users. Use ``--substring`` flag to e.g. match
+  entire email domains.
+- ``make_superuser``: Mark one given user (by email address) as superuser.
diff --git a/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_staff_user.py b/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_staff_user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8b76a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_staff_user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.db.models import Q
+
+from servala.core.models import User
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Make user(s) into staff users"
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "emails",
+            nargs="*",
+            type=str,
+            help="Email addresses of users to make staff",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--substring",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Match emails by substring instead of exact match, allowing you to e.g. make all users on your home domain staff users.",
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        emails = options["emails"]
+        substring_match = options["substring"]
+
+        if not emails:
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR("No email addresses provided"))
+            return
+
+        query = None
+        if substring_match:
+            for email in emails:
+                if query is None:
+                    query = Q(email__icontains=email)
+                else:
+                    query |= Q(email__icontains=email)
+        else:
+            query = Q(email__in=emails)
+
+        users = User.objects.filter(query)
+        already_staff = users.filter(is_staff=True).count()
+
+        if already_staff:
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.WARNING(
+                    f"{already_staff} matching users were already staff users."
+                )
+            )
+
+        users = users.filter(is_staff=False)
+        if not users.exists():
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR("No matching non-staff users found."))
+            return
+
+        count = users.count()
+        users.update(is_staff=True)
+        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Made {count} user(s) into staff users"))
diff --git a/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_superuser.py b/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_superuser.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe43ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/servala/core/management/commands/make_superuser.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from servala.core.models import User
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Turn a user into a superuser. Use with caution."
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "email",
+            type=str,
+            help="Email address of user to grant superuser permissions",
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        email = options["email"]
+
+        user = User.objects.filter(email__iexact=email).first()
+        if not user:
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR("No matching user found."))
+            return
+
+        user.is_superuser = True
+        user.save()
+        self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"{user} is now a superuser."))