diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8b138ce1..bf26395b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ after_success:
   - if [ "${BUILD_TYPE}" == "Coverage" -a "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ]; then
       coveralls --include src --include include --gcov-options '\-lp' --root .. --build-root .;
     fi
+
+sudo: required