diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0e1cef62..39ee5821 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ notifications:
    on_failure: always
 
 before_install:
+  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test -y
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then sudo apt-get install g++-4.8; fi
   - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ]; then export CXX="g++-4.8" CC="gcc-4.8"; fi
 
+
 install:
   - "mkdir -p $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build/scripts"
   - "cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/build/scripts"