diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f8f0892a..38b5bf6e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ addons:
         - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
         packages:
         - gcc-4.8
-        - libsnappy-dev
+        - pkg-config
 before_script:
     - ./bootstrap.sh
     - if [[ $DICTIONARIES_CHANGED -ne 0 || $NUMEX_CHANGED -ne 0 ]]; then git clone https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv; cd virtualenv; git checkout master; python virtualenv.py ../env; cd ..; env/bin/pip install -r scripts/requirements-simple.txt; fi;