diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6827c773..d5bac788 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ before_install:
   - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.9" CC="gcc-4.9"; fi
   - sudo pip install cpp-coveralls pyyaml
   - sudo apt-get install valgrind
-  - pip install codecov
+  - sudo pip install codecov
 
 script:
   - make