diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 379d8eb5..97cb4b25 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ matrix:
       dist: xenial  # required for Python >= 3.7 (travis-ci/travis-ci#9069)
 
 install:
-- pip install git+git://github.com/rocky/python-xdis.git#egg=xdis
+- sudo pip install git+git://github.com/rocky/python-xdis.git#egg=xdis
 - pip install -e .
 - pip install -r requirements-dev.txt