diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index dceac0043..e5507a751 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies:
     pre:
         - gem install sass --version "= 3.4"
-        - pip install s3cmd
+        - sudo pip install s3cmd
         - npm install -g browserify
         - npm install -g grunt-cli
 deployment: