diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3aa4bdc57f2cd88568801d3c81a25d4793955c52..21bfff2079e5c7b4dfc819999d582e35e1e050fc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ env:
 script:
   - mkdir build && cd build
   - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelwithDebInfo .. && make -j4 && make install
-  - cd .. && nosetests --exe
+  - cd .. && pip install --user . && nosetests --exe