diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7820880f59..502c234c72 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ before_install:
 
 install: travis_wait 60 mvn -q test -fae
 
+sudo: required
+
 before_script:
   - echo "MAVEN_OPTS='-Xmx2048M -Xss128M -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit'" > ~/.mavenrc