diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d4245fb..7321272 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 language:
     bash
 
+dist: trusty
+sudo: required
+addons:
+  apt:
+    packages:
+    - mysql-server-5.6
+    - mysql-client-core-5.6
+    - mysql-client-5.6
+
 services:
     mysql
 
@@ -8,11 +17,7 @@ os:
     linux
     osx
 
-sudo:
-    required
-
 before_script:
-    which mysql && until mysql -u root -e "show status" &>/dev/null; do echo "Waiting for MySQL to start..."; sleep 5; done;
     mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE travistest;'
 
 script: