diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 27f7b370..f4cf0af0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ addons:
         packages:
             - libzmq3-dev
 install:
+    - pip install -U setuptools
     - pip install -r req.txt
     - pip install .