diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5dc655f669c94a4863cccec3a3fb086fa8d0cb16..c93c2f41ae46ee2dc361777486190ca29c50d30c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ before_install:
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libboost-all-dev libblitz1-dev libhdf5-serial-dev
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libjpeg8-dev libnetpbm10-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libgif-dev
 - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes python-opencv libcv-dev libcvaux-dev libopencv-dev
-- sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes python-matplotlib
 - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran; fi
 - if [ -n "${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 matplotlib; fi
+- if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then pip install --find-links http://wheels.astropy.org/ --find-links http://wheels2.astropy.org/ --use-wheel numpy$NUMPYSPEC matplotlib==1.3.0 sphinx nose==1.3.0 jinja2==2.6; fi
 - pip install cpp-coveralls
 install:
 - python bootstrap.py
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d60e95a746eb8605339ea3f10649d996d95065f6..f780856e5e7d883e3efb6e625c18f4b67fa1f369 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ bob_packages = ['bob.core', 'bob.io.base']
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, dist
 dist.Distribution(dict(setup_requires=['bob.blitz'] + bob_packages))
-from bob.blitz.extension import Extension
+from bob.blitz.extension import Extension, build_ext
 
 version = '2.0.0a0'
 
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ setup(
       ),
     ],
 
+    cmdclass = {
+      'build_ext': build_ext
+    },
+
     classifiers = [
-      'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+      'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
       'Intended Audience :: Developers',
       'License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)',
       'Natural Language :: English',