diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 84f0a44ab..3911a9cf5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ notifications:
     - eugene.yokota@typesafe.com
     - joshua.suereth@typesafe.com
 
+before_script:
+  - mkdir -p $HOME/.sbt/launchers/0.13.8/
+  - curl -L -o $HOME/.sbt/launchers/0.13.8/sbt-launch.jar https://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-sbt/sbt-launch/0.13.8/sbt-launch.jar
+
 script:
   - sbt -J-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m "$SCRIPTED_TEST"