diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a1f48356..67c71a42 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: c
 script:
 - make
 - make test
-- make install
+- sudo make install
 - make test-install
 - make build/janet-${TRAVIS_TAG}-${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}.tar.gz
 compiler: