diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2eb8d879..19414f5d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Bower(Command):
         pass
     
     def run(self):
-        check_call(['bower', 'install'])
+        check_call(['bower', 'install', '--allow-root'])
         self.distribution.data_files = get_data_files()
     
     def get_outputs(self):