diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2bd689e..da6fa97 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ compiler:
   - gcc
 before_script:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
-  - sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-c-compiler libprotobuf-c0-dev libio-socket-inet6-perl libwww-perl libjson-xs-perl
+  - sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-c-compiler libprotobuf-c0-dev libio-socket-inet6-perl libwww-perl libjson-xs-perl libevent-dev
 script:
   - cd src
   - ./configure