diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 590543f9d..4bb34517e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ env:
     -LUA_VERSION=5.2
 before_install:
 - sudo apt-get install lua$LUA_VERSION
-- pip install docutils
+- sudo pip install docutils
 script:
 - python travis/pr-check-base.py
 - python travis/lint.py