diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5bdba6a9a..e8cef7abc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ before_install:
 install:
   - if [ "${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}" == "linux" ] && [ "${RUN}" != "wheels" ]; then
       if [ "${RUN}" != "pep8" ]; then
+        # previously ppa:zoogie/sdl2-snapshots, but we need SDL2_image >= 2.0.5
+        yes | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vict1971/qtsky;
         yes | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa;
         sudo apt-get update;
         sudo apt-get -y install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev;