diff --git a/home/dotfiles/profile b/home/dotfiles/profile
index ef0e45a..7bb6afc 100644
--- a/home/dotfiles/profile
+++ b/home/dotfiles/profile
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ section_end
 # composer
 section "composer"
 if [ $PROFILE_COMPOSER -gt 0 ]; then
-	composer_path="$(composer global config --global --absolute bin-dir -q)"
+	composer_path="$(COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 composer global config --global --absolute bin-dir -q)"
 	if [ -n "$composer_path" ]
 	then
 		log "Detected composer bin path: $composer_path"