diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 369bd10d1..778a147bd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ before_install:
   # hdf5-1.8.14.tar.bz2
   - wget http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.8.14/src/hdf5-1.8.14.tar.bz2
   - tar -jxf hdf5-1.8.14.tar.bz2
-  - cd hdf5-1.8.14 && ./configure --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-fortran --enable-hl --disable-fortran --prefix=/usr && make -j 4 && make install
+  - cd hdf5-1.8.14 && ./configure --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-fortran --enable-hl --disable-fortran --prefix=/usr && make -j 4 && sudo make install
 
 before_script:
   - autoreconf -if