diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5ffbc991e65303c040ffe110d9f74c1e009156b8..26d2caa48fcdb970ee857afef69d87f494699890 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 language: cpp
 python:
-  - "2.7"
+  - "2.7_with_system_site_packages"
+virtualenv:
+  system_site_packages: true
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 before_script:
           - curl -k https://swift.im/keys/packages.key | sudo apt-key add -
           - echo "deb http://swift.im/packages/ubuntu/trusty development main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
           - sudo apt-get update -qq
-          - sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes ngircd libswiften-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler pidgin-dev liblog4cxx10-dev libpopt-dev libboost-dev libboost-signals-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-date-time-dev libcppunit-dev
-install: "sudo pip install sleekxmpp"
+          - sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes ngircd python-sleekxmpp libswiften-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler pidgin-dev liblog4cxx10-dev libpopt-dev libboost-dev libboost-signals-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-date-time-dev libcppunit-dev
 script:
           - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_TESTS=ON . && make libtransport_test && ./src/libtransport_test && cd ./spectrum/src/tests && python -V && python irc_test.py
 notifications: