diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 976328b..35beb14 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ after_success:
 virtualenv:
   system_site_packages: true
 before_install:
-  - apt-get install -qq python-configparser python-cffi
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq python-configparser python-cffi
   - pip install codecov pytest-cov
 install:
   - pip install -r requirements.txt