diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9807222c7..27a668b7e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ compiler:
   - gcc
   - clang
 language: cpp
+before_install:
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:beineri/opt-qt541; fi
 install:
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get -qq update; fi
-  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get -qq install cmake qtbase5-dev libqt5x11extras5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libgcrypt11-dev zlib1g-dev libxtst-dev; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get -qq install cmake qt54base qt54x11extras qt54tools libgcrypt11-dev zlib1g-dev libxtst-dev; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew update; fi
   - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew install cmake qt5 libgcrypt; fi
-before_script: mkdir build && pushd build
+before_script:
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then source /opt/qt54/bin/qt54-env.sh; fi
+  - mkdir build && pushd build
 script:
   - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DWITH_GUI_TESTS=ON ..
   - make