diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0f5758ea..96eb9566 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ install:
   - wget http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.0.tar.gz
   - tar -zxvf SDL2-2.0.0.tar.gz
   - cd SDL2-2.0.0
-  - ./configure && make && make install
+  - ./configure && make && sudo make install
   - cd -
 script:
   - ./configure && make