diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fb0a8e1..e842aa0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+sudo: required
+
 language: cpp
 
 addons:
@@ -20,6 +22,10 @@ addons:
 cache:
   apt: true
 
+before_install:
+  sudo apt-add-repository --yes ppa:zoogie/sdl2-snapshots
+  sudo apt-get update -qq
+  sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev
 
 install:
   - export CXX="g++-4.9"