diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index ba4a48cc3f7959af82691e4909213e28e0006e1e..38723b28bd9dece650f47544f71ec39298368e28 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ before_install:
 - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
 - sudo apt-get update -qq
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libjpeg8-dev libnetpbm10-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libgif-dev libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libvl-dev dvipng texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-math-extra texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev
-- pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel sphinx nose numpy matplotlib coverage
+- pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel sphinx nose numpy scipy matplotlib coverage
 - pip install --find-links https://www.idiap.ch/software/bob/wheels/travis/ --use-wheel --pre -r requirements.txt coveralls
 install:
 - python bootstrap-buildout.py
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 69e517452a5b7c29032453beb0742902bee489ca..1cfacefdb12db41febd17f3ad176b336c734243d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 setuptools
+scipy
 bob.io.image              # image IO
 bob.ip.base               # tan-triggs dct-blocks
 bob.ip.color              # color image conversion
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 02afa89af09873430f05f21c13fb1f9da841f239..7896b084133ae1243f0a22f928214ba943c37261 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 # allows you to test your package with new python dependencies w/o requiring
 # administrative interventions.
 
-
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, dist
 dist.Distribution(dict(setup_requires=['bob.extension']))