diff --git a/.travis_prepare_linux.sh b/.travis_prepare_linux.sh
index defd44aaea082f50694439a20b038d0d094a4b87..f756dfd6971f3492e248d2a6b703a79a1802a8e4 100755
--- a/.travis_prepare_linux.sh
+++ b/.travis_prepare_linux.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ sudo apt-get -y install libgsl0-dev
 sudo apt-get -y install python-suds python-matplotlib 
 sudo apt-get -y install python-qt4-dev python-qt4-gl python-sip-dev libqt4-dev libopenscenegraph-dev
 sudo apt-get -y install doxygen python-sphinx python-lxml
-sudo apt-get -y install git-buildpackage
+sudo apt-get -y install git-buildpackage fakeroot
 sudo apt-get -y install -f
 sudo ldconfig /usr/lib64