diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d6e297b..3e97d65 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ install:
   - 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 git+git://github.com/Theano/Theano.git
+  - pip install git+git://github.com/fchollet/keras.git
 
   # install PIL for preprocessing tests
   #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "2.7" ]]; then
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ install:
     elif [[ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "3.5" ]]; then
       pip install https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/linux/cpu/tensorflow-0.12.1-cp35-cp35m-linux_x86_64.whl;
     fi
+
 # command to run tests
 script:
   # run keras backend init to initialize backend config