diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 916720629..0955e9a80 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ before_script:
     - sleep 10
 install:
     - pip install http://cdn.mysql.com/Downloads/Connector-Python/mysql-connector-python-2.0.4.zip#md5=3df394d89300db95163f17c843ef49df
+    - pip install --no-use-wheel lxml
     - pip install --allow-all-external -e .[all,test]
     - pip install coveralls
 script: