diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2fd7aed..b529150 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ language: go
 go:
   - 1.3
   - tip
+install:
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get update -qq; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]; then travis_retry sudo apt-get install -y libcap-dev; fi