diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d428e1dbc..b0bab8379 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 language: scala
+jdk: oraclejdk8
 
 scala:
   - 2.11.11
@@ -7,5 +8,11 @@ scala:
 script:
   - sbt -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -J-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256M "++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION" test
 
-jdk:
-  - oraclejdk8
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.ivy2/cache
+    - $HOME/.sbt
+
+before_cache:
+  - find $HOME/.ivy2/cache -name "ivydata-*.properties" -print -delete
+  - find $HOME/.sbt        -name "*.lock"               -print -delete