diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 168ef2780..b0eb54d9b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ before_install:
   - if test -z "$SWIGLANG"; then sudo apt-get -qq install yodl; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "csharp"; then sudo apt-get -qq install mono-devel; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "go"; then go env | sed -e 's/^/export /' > goenvsetup && source goenvsetup && rm -f goenvsetup; fi # Until configure.ac is fixed
-  - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "javascript" -a "$ENGINE" = "node"; then sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js && sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get install -qq nodejs && sudo npm install -g node-gyp; fi
+  - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "javascript" -a "$ENGINE" = "node"; then sudo apt-get install -qq rlwrap python-software-properties && echo 'yes' | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js && sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get install -qq nodejs && sudo npm install -g node-gyp; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "javascript" -a "$ENGINE" = "jsc"; then sudo apt-get install -qq libwebkitgtk-dev; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "javascript" -a "$ENGINE" = "v8"; then sudo apt-get install -qq libv8-dev; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "guile"; then sudo apt-get -qq install guile-2.0-dev; fi