diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 61f9b491..28360d5a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 language: cpp
+before_install:
+    sudo apt-get update -qq
+    sudo apt-get install -qq libxtst-dev
 script: sh -x ./clean_build.sh
 # skip install phase since we have a customized install package
 # creation tool for each supported platform