diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c550a23..f039ae3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ install:
   - source activate test-environment
   - pip install pytest-cov python-coveralls pytest-xdist coverage==3.7.1 #we need this version of coverage for coveralls.io to work
   - pip install pep8 pytest-pep8
-  - pip install mkl mkl-service
+  - conda install mkl mkl-service
   - pip install theano
   - pip install git+git://github.com/fchollet/keras.git