diff --git a/Casks/virtualbox-beta.rb b/Casks/virtualbox-beta.rb
index 58db26ce7..d24e26d85 100644
--- a/Casks/virtualbox-beta.rb
+++ b/Casks/virtualbox-beta.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ cask 'virtualbox-beta' do
   uninstall script:  {
                        executable: 'VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool',
                        args:       %w[--unattended],
+                       sudo:       true,
                      },
             pkgutil: 'org.virtualbox.pkg.*'