diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c1dfcbc..dd0f763 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ python:
   - "3.6"
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
-  - sudo apt-get install -y task git
+  - sudo apt-get install -y task libgit2-dev
 install:
   - pip install i3ipc
   - pip install psutil