diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 39ee5821..6306825a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ notifications:
 before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
   - sudo apt-get update
+  - sudo apt-get libboost-dev
   - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then sudo apt-get install g++-4.8; fi
   - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi