diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 338ee556744eadba436026218e22953cf3314017..bb9d8ca2fa7e6c784ce7821830b91b5242f8edab 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get install -y devscripts build-essential
   # remove any obsolete libraries
   - sudo apt-get autoremove
+  - sudo apt-get install -y python-coverage python-nose python-setuptools
+  - sudo apt-get install -y python-mpi4py openmpi-bin openmpi-doc libopenmpi-dev
 
 before_script:
   - chmod +x build.sh