diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7cebfdd06..2afe80736 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ before_install:
   - eval "${MATRIX_EVAL}"
 
 install:
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then pip install --user setuptools; fi
   - python3 setup.py build
   - python3 setup.py install
   - python3 setup.py bdist_wheel