diff --git a/.travis/install.sh b/.travis/install.sh
index b8eb019fe..8bea01320 100755
--- a/.travis/install.sh
+++ b/.travis/install.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ if [[ "$(uname -s)" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
 else
     pip install 'virtualenv<14.0'
     sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install -y fakeroot
     sudo apt-get install -y liblz4-dev
     sudo apt-get install -y libacl1-dev
     sudo apt-get install -y libfuse-dev fuse pkg-config  # optional, for FUSE support