diff --git a/source/_components/tradfri.markdown b/source/_components/tradfri.markdown
index 0d6319cf2ee..24c6351cba4 100644
--- a/source/_components/tradfri.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/tradfri.markdown
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $ cd libcoap
 $ ./autogen.sh
 $ ./configure --disable-documentation --disable-shared --without-debug CFLAGS="-D COAP_DEBUG_FD=stderr"
 $ make
-$ make install
+$ sudo make install
 ```
 
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