diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d7204b6a..13502de0b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ matrix:
       env: SWIGLANG=php
     - compiler: gcc
       env: SWIGLANG=python
+    - compiler: gcc
+      env: SWIGLANG=python PY3=1
     - compiler: gcc
       env: SWIGLANG=ruby
     - compiler: gcc
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ before_install:
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "lua"; then sudo apt-get -qq install lua5.1 liblua5.1-dev; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "octave"; then sudo apt-get -qq install octave3.2 octave3.2-headers; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "php"; then sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-dev; fi
+  - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "python" -a "$PY3"; then sudo apt-get install python3-dev; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "tcl"; then sudo apt-get -qq install tcl8.4-dev; fi
 script:
   - ./autogen.sh && ./configure