diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c24d9cd4..1168913b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sudo: false
+sudo: required # prevent Process 'command '/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/bin/java'' finished with non-zero exit value 137
 language: android
 jdk: oraclejdk7
 before_cache: