diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e23f51c80..dd49b1057 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ rust:
 env:
   global:
     - RUST_BACKTRACE="1"
+    - CXX="g++-4.8"
+    - CC="gcc-4.8"
   matrix:
     - TEST_DIR=core
     - TEST_DIR=p2p