diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f19c6193..5942caed 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ language: c
 install:
     - sudo apt-get update
     - sudo apt-get -y install libssl-dev libexpat1-dev libncursesw5-dev libglib2.0-dev libnotify-dev libcurl3-dev libxss-dev libotr2-dev
-    - sudo apt-get -y install autoconf-archive python-dev ruby1.8-dev liblualib50
+    - sudo apt-get -y install autoconf-archive python-dev ruby1.8-dev libruby1.8 liblualib50
     - ./bootstrap.sh
     - git clone git://github.com/strophe/libstrophe.git
     - cd libstrophe