diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b6754a829..78f1668ef 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ python:
 install:
     - time sudo apt-get update
     - travis_retry sudo apt-get install python3-gobject python3-gi python3-cairo python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-pango gir1.2-gtk python3-bsddb3 xdg-utils librsvg2-common python3-dev libglib2.0-dev intltool python3-nose 
-    - travis_retry pip3.3 install django
-    - travis_retry pip3.3 install pyicu
+    - travis_retry sudo pip3.3 install django
+    - travis_retry sudo pip3.3 install pyicu
     - python setup.py build
 
 script: