diff --git a/BasicSanity.sh b/BasicSanity.sh
index 739220121d..99819dbca5 100755
--- a/BasicSanity.sh
+++ b/BasicSanity.sh
@@ -1,86 +1,96 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 test_home=`dirname $0`
 valgrind=""
 verbose=""
 tests=""
 
 if [ "$test_home" = "." ]; then
     test_home="$PWD"
 fi
 
 function info() {
     printf "$*\n"
 }
 
 function error() {
     printf "      * ERROR:   $*\n"
 }
 
 info "Test home is:\t$test_home"
 
 while true ; do
     case "$1" in
         all) tests="pengine cli lrmd fencing"; shift;;
         pengine|lrmd|pacemaker_remote|fencing|cli) tests="$tests $1"; shift;;
         -V|--verbose) verbose="-V"; shift;;
         -v|--valgrind) valgrind="-v"; shift;;
         --) shift ; break ;;
         "") break;;
         *) echo "unknown option: $1"; exit 1;;
     esac
 done
 
 if [ -z "$tests" ]; then
     tests="pengine cli lrmd"
 fi
 
 failed=""
 for t in $tests; do
     info "Executing the $t regression tests"
     info "============================================================"
     if [ -e $test_home/$t/regression.py ]; then
         # Fencing, lrmd need root access
         chmod a+x $test_home/$t/regression.py
         echo "Enter the root password..."
-        su root -c "$test_home/$t/regression.py $verbose"
+	# sudo doesn't work in builtbot, su doesn't work in travis
+	if [ x$TRAVIS = x ]; then
+            su root -c "$test_home/$t/regression.py $verbose"
+	else
+            sudo -- $test_home/$t/regression.py $verbose
+	fi
         rc=$?
 
     elif [ $t == "pacemaker_remote" ] && [ -e $test_home/lrmd/regression.py ]; then
         # pacemaker_remote
         chmod a+x $test_home/lrmd/regression.py
         echo "Enter the root password..."
-        su root -c "$test_home/lrmd/regression.py -R $verbose"
+	# sudo doesn't work in builtbot, su doesn't work in travis
+	if [ x$TRAVIS = x ]; then
+            su root -c "$test_home/$t/regression.py -R $verbose"
+	else
+            sudo -- $test_home/$t/regression.py -R $verbose
+	fi
         rc=$?
 
     elif [ -e $test_home/$t ]; then
         # pengine, cli
         $test_home/$t/regression.sh $verbose $valgrind
         rc=$?
 
     elif [ $t = cli -a -e $test_home/tools ]; then
         # Running cli tests from the source tree
         $test_home/tools/regression.sh $verbose $valgrind
         rc=$?
 
     else
         error "Cannot find $t test in $test_home"
         rc=1
     fi
 
     if [ $rc != 0 ]; then
         info "$t regression tests failed: $rc"
         failed="$failed $t"
     fi
 
     info "============================================================"
     info ""
     info ""
 done
 
 if [ -z "$failed" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
 error "regression tests for $failed failed"
 exit 1