diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4cbb89cace..33a282d816 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ branches:
   only:
     - master
     - stable
-
+before_script:
+    - sudo apt-get update -qq
+    - sudo apt-get install libboost-thread-dev libboost-system-dev