diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4239d06..6da680b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ python:
     packages:
       - expect-dev  # provides unbuffer utility
       - python-lxml # because pip installation is slow
+      - unixodbc-dev
 
 env:
   global: