diff --git a/jobs.yaml b/jobs.yaml
index 55b1ed3..f062ad1 100644
--- a/jobs.yaml
+++ b/jobs.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     triggers:
       - timed: "@midnight"
     builders:
-      - shell: stdbuf -oL -eL mispipe "~mininet/mininet/util/vm/build.py -v --branch {branch} --test sanity {flavor}"  "tr '\r' ' '"
+      - shell: stdbuf -oL -eL mispipe "sudo ~mininet/mininet/util/vm/build.py -v --branch {branch} --test sanity {flavor}"  "tr '\r' ' '"
       - shell: zip `basename -s .ovf */*.ovf`.zip */*.vmdk */*.ovf
       - shell: sudo chown -R jenkins  `dirname */build.log`
     publishers:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
             description: "$dir defaults to last build when using Build Now."
     builders:
       - shell: "echo $dir"
-      - shell: stdbuf -oL -eL mispipe "~mininet/mininet/util/vm/build.py -v --test core --test examplesfull --test walkthrough --image $dir/*/*.vmdk --memory 2048 --timeout 3600"  "tr '\r' ' '"
+      - shell: stdbuf -oL -eL mispipe "sudo ~mininet/mininet/util/vm/build.py -v --test core --test examplesfull --test walkthrough --image $dir/*/*.vmdk --memory 2048 --timeout 3600"  "tr '\r' ' '"
     publishers:
       - logparser:
             parse-rules: "/home/mininet/vm-build/mininet-test.rules"