diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a8c90f292..0ff34d48f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,8 @@ php:
   - 5.3
   - 5.4
 
+before_script:
+  - sh -c "wget -nc http://getcomposer.org/composer.phar"
+  - sh -c "php composer.phar update"
+
 script: phpunit