diff --git a/misc/make-deps.sh b/misc/make-deps.sh
index ea7a35d3..2337f5d0 100755
--- a/misc/make-deps.sh
+++ b/misc/make-deps.sh
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ if [ -z "$LYCHEE" ]; then
 	LYCHEE_TMP='/tmp/'
 	LYCHEE_FILE="${LYCHEE_TMP}lychee-${LYCHEE_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
 	wget "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/download/${LYCHEE_VERSION}/lychee-${LYCHEE_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" -O "$LYCHEE_FILE"
-	tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf "$LYCHEE_FILE"
+	$sudo_command tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf "$LYCHEE_FILE"
 fi
 fold_end "Install miscellaneous tools"