diff --git a/thefuck/rules/sudo.py b/thefuck/rules/sudo.py
index 3211acfa..7333a274 100644
--- a/thefuck/rules/sudo.py
+++ b/thefuck/rules/sudo.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ patterns = ['permission denied',
             'must be root',
             'need to be root',
             'need root',
+            'needs to be run as root',
             'only root can ',
             'You don\'t have access to the history DB.',
             'authentication is required',