diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 703121f77..b88dc5ff2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ python:
   - 3.4
   - nightly
 
+dist: trusty
+  
 install:
   - "travis_retry sudo apt-get update"
   - "travis_retry sudo apt-get -qq install libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev python-qt4 ghostscript libffi-dev libjpeg-turbo-progs cmake imagemagick"