diff --git a/script/_nginx_configure b/script/_nginx_configure
index 80557e9d88f..d77ce9f3526 100644
--- a/script/_nginx_configure
+++ b/script/_nginx_configure
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ nginx_configure()
 
         sudo cp $top_dir/etc/rest/nginx.conf $nginx_conf_file
 
-        sed -i.bak "s:to be set:$top_dir/src/rest/frontend:" $nginx_conf_file
+        sudo sed -i.bak "s:to be set:$top_dir/src/rest/frontend:" $nginx_conf_file
 
     else