diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 737ca677f..7f190270a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ install:
  - sudo apt-get update >/dev/null
  - sudo apt-get -q install libprotoc-dev libprotobuf7 libprotobuf-dev libosmpbf-dev libbz2-dev libstxxl-dev libstxxl1 libxml2-dev libzip-dev libboost1.46-all-dev lua5.1 liblua5.1-0-dev libluabind-dev rubygems osmosis
 before_script:
+ - rvm use 1.9.3
  - gem install bundler
  - bundle install
  - mkdir build