diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 00d295cc..f7228ba0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ rvm:
   - 2.6
 
 before_install:
-  - mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;'
+  - sudo mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;'
   - psql -c 'create database test;' -U postgres
   - export WORKSPACE=`pwd`/workspace
   - export PATH_TO_DMSF=`pwd`