diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 307f5afa8d6b24119b74bf51a3baca30c3dc02ed..68bca1782f5c6f66cb9417bc8f4c1e91a646291a 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ echo "Installing node modules... Requires NPM"
 npm install --loglevel=error > /dev/null
 
 echo "Installing Bower libraries... Requires Bower (installed by NPM)"
-$(npm bin)/bower install > /dev/null
+$(npm bin)/bower --allow-root install > /dev/null
 
 echo "Build completed!"