diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 1b4af9891e60b148495d72d77ecea10657385555..0df6629bfeb03dbf9b5d135468c69a516878f0ed 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ matrix:
         - NUMPYSPEC===1.8.0
 before_install:
   - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob
+  - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:biometrics/bob.preview
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install -qq --force-yes bob-dev
   - if [ -n "${NUMPYSPEC}" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq libatlas-dev libatlas-base-dev liblapack-dev gfortran; fi