diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 91924afa..74bd770b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ install:
     - sudo apt-get install $PYTHON-dev
     - sudo apt-get install $PYTHON-numpy
     - sudo apt-get install $PYTHON-scipy
+    - sudo apt-get install $PYTHON-matplotlib
     - sudo apt-get install $PYTHON-setuptools
     - sudo apt-get install $PYTHON-nose
     - sudo easy_install$PYSUF pip