diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f9e6db94..63e9122f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     # Test
     #   This would typically be a build job when using workflows, possibly combined with build
     # This is based on your 1.0 configuration file or project settings
-    - run: python ./setup.py develop && make check-3.6
+    - run: sudo python ./setup.py develop && make check-3.6
     - run: cd ./test/stdlib && bash ./runtests.sh 'test_[p-z]*.py'
     # Teardown
     #   If you break your build into multiple jobs with workflows, you will probably want to do the parts of this that are relevant in each