diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 817d4f2..615f52f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 language: cpp
 script: scons
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - sudo apt-get install gengetopt
+  - travis_retry sudo apt-get update -qq
+install:
+  - travis_retry sudo apt-get install gengetopt libzmq-dev libevent-dev scons