diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 163722fa..1ab1ae23 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ install:
     - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ros-latest.list'
     - wget http://packages.ros.org/ros.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
     - sudo apt-get update
+    - sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dpkg
     - sudo apt-get -y install libpcl-1.7-all libfreenect-dev ros-indigo-libg2o ros-indigo-octomap libopenni2-dev
 
 script: