diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 541c0c0f..a5606845 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ before_install:
     virtualenv --python="$PYENV_ROOT/versions/pypy-$PYPY_VERSION/bin/python" "$HOME/virtualenvs/pypy-$PYPY_VERSION"
     source "$HOME/virtualenvs/pypy-$PYPY_VERSION/bin/activate"
   fi
+  sudo apt-get install -q libgeos-dev libgeos
 install:
 - |
   if [ "$TEST_TYPE" = build ]; then
-    pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-benchmark coveralls six pytz iso8601
+    pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-benchmark coveralls six pytz iso8601 shapely
     pip install -e .
     python setup.py develop
   elif [ "$TEST_TYPE" = lint ]; then
diff --git a/graphene/types/tests/test_geo.py b/graphene/types/tests/test_geo.py
index c61ccf8a..33b0e68c 100644
--- a/graphene/types/tests/test_geo.py
+++ b/graphene/types/tests/test_geo.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
+pytest.importorskip("shapely")
+
 from ..geo import Point
 from ..objecttype import ObjectType
 from ..schema import Schema