diff --git a/docs/build b/docs/build
index 7cbb83a6980b..713bbd525469 100755
--- a/docs/build
+++ b/docs/build
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ test -t 1 && OPTS='-it' || OPTS=''
 
 SPHINX_IMAGE=${SPHINX_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/trinodb/build/sphinx:7}
 
-docker run --rm $OPTS -e TRINO_VERSION -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -v "$PWD":/docs $SPHINX_IMAGE \
+docker run --rm $OPTS -e TRINO_VERSION -u $(id -u):$(id -g) --privileged=true -v "$PWD":/docs $SPHINX_IMAGE \
   sphinx-build -q -j auto -b html -W -d target/doctrees src/main/sphinx target/html