diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 891e0dfe2af41d8fbe83090b4d4a509d72891395..d9b8dbbe18b91ebfeccf60338014edf8ddb11b73 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install -qq bob-dev
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq python-imaging
   - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran; fi
   - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then pip install --upgrade pip setuptools; fi
   - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then pip install --find-links http://wheels.astropy.org/ --find-links http://wheels2.astropy.org/ --use-wheel numpy$NUMPYSPEC sphinx nose; fi