diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3e6ca20..30dd864 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update -qq
   - sudo apt-get install -qq libopenjpeg2
   - sudo apt-get install -qq python-numpy
+  - sudo apt-get install -qq python3-numpy
 
 # command to install dependencies
 install:
-  - pip install numpy -q --use-mirrors
   - pip install . --use-mirrors
 # command to run tests
 script: