diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3be81adc..02265332 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ before_script:
           - echo "deb http://swift.im/packages/ubuntu/trusty development main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
           - sudo apt-get update -qq
           - sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes ngircd libswiften-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler pidgin-dev liblog4cxx10-dev libpopt-dev libboost-dev libboost-signals-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-date-time-dev libcppunit-dev
-          - pip install sleekxmpp
+          - sudo pip install sleekxmpp
 script:
           - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_TESTS=ON . && make libtransport_test && ./src/libtransport_test && cd ./spectrum/src/tests && python -V && python irc_test.py
 notifications: