diff --git a/install-sdist-to-test.py b/install-sdist-to-test.py
index e4a58b91298c55fe7704d7a55f79aa59eb618dca..e67afbbb2a1b6259d7fd0be75c4e8a51643d0f9e 100644
--- a/install-sdist-to-test.py
+++ b/install-sdist-to-test.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def _install_proc(hostname, username, password, sdist):
         f'sudo su - -c \'{pip} uninstall -y inventory\'',
         f'sudo su - -c \'{pip} install {scp_destination}\'',
         f'rm {scp_destination}',
-        'chown -R inventory.inventory /home/inventory/venv',
+        'sudo su - -c \'chown -R inventory.inventory /home/inventory/venv\'',
         'exit'
     ]
     stdin.write('\n'.join(commands) + '\n')