diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 062a0f1a..f3e68a18 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+os:
+ - linux
 language: go
 go:
  - 1.6
+before_install:
+ - sudo apt-get -qq update
+ - sudo apt-get install -y libsystemd-dev
 install:
  - mkdir -p $HOME/gopath/src/k8s.io
  - mv $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR $HOME/gopath/src/k8s.io/node-problem-detector