diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 210f15f9..42df9106 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ compiler:
   - clang
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get update
-  - sudo apt-get install -y devscripts
+  - sudo apt-get install -y devscripts equivs
 install:
   - sudo mk-build-deps --install --remove --tool 'apt-get --no-install-recommends -y' debian/control
   - sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y libanyevent-perl libanyevent-i3-perl libextutils-pkgconfig-perl xcb-proto cpanminus xvfb xserver-xephyr xauth libinline-c-perl