diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c6b2e077a..51f712e14 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ python:
   - "2.7"
 
 before_script:
-  - sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libhdf5-serial-dev libboost1.53-all-dev libboost1.53-python-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff4-dev libpng12-dev libfftw3-dev cmake
+  - echo "yes" | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apokluda/boost1.53
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libhdf5-serial-dev libboost-thread1.53-dev libboost-python1.53-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff4-dev libpng12-dev libfftw3-dev cmake
   - pip install nose
   - pip install numpy