diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e5c1e6c..e9c0aa65 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ before_install:
   - mkdir -p /tmp/git-lfs && curl -L https://github.com/github/git-lfs/releases/download/v1.2.1/git-lfs-$([ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ] && echo "linux" || echo "darwin")-amd64-1.2.1.tar.gz | tar -xz -C /tmp/git-lfs --strip-components 1 && /tmp/git-lfs/git-lfs pull
 
 install:
-- apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y icnsutils graphicsmagick xz-utils rpm bsdtar
+- sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y icnsutils graphicsmagick xz-utils rpm bsdtar
 - nvm install 6
 - npm install electron-builder@next # force install next version to test electron-builder
 - npm install