diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a75acd9..6b8e64b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 language:
     bash
 
+dist: trusty
 sudo: required
-
-services:
-    mysql
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - mysql-server-5.6
+    - mysql-client-core-5.6
+    - mysql-client-5.6
 
 os:
     linux
     osx
 
 before_script:
-    mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travistest;'
+    service --status-all; mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travistest;'
 
 script:
     TRAVIS_RUN=true dev/tests/run_tests.sh