diff --git a/src/cpp/test-project/test.sh b/src/cpp/test-project/test.sh
index d2bf1f2a5..509236424 100755
--- a/src/cpp/test-project/test.sh
+++ b/src/cpp/test-project/test.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" = "amd64" ] ; then
     VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1 check "vcpkg-from-root" ${VCPKG_ROOT}/vcpkg --version
     VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1 check "vcpkg-from-bin" vcpkg --version
 fi 
-check "g++"  g++ -g main.cpp -o main.out
+check "g++" bash -c "sudo g++ -g main.cpp -o main.out"
 rm main.out
 mkdir -p build
 cd build