diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 120d365569..b5bd4684a3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ language: java
 
 install: travis_wait 60 mvn -q clean install
 
+sudo: required
+
 before_script:
   - echo "MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx2048M -Xss128M -XX:MaxPermSize=2048M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit'" > ~/.mavenrc