diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6306825a..7d79758f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ notifications:
 before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
   - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt-get libboost-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install 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