diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 055e1828..922527ff 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+sudo: required
+dist: trusty
 language: cpp
 
 git:
@@ -121,8 +123,18 @@ matrix:
     - os: osx
       compiler: clang 
 
+
+env:
+	global:
+	- LLVM_VERSION=3.7.0
+	- LLVM_ARCHIVE_PATH=$HOME/clang+llvm.tar.xz
+
 before_install:
 - source ./install.deps.sh
+- wget http://llvm.org/releases/$LLVM_VERSION/clang+llvm-$LLVM_VERSION-x86_64-linux-gnu-ubuntu-14.04.tar.xz -O $LLVM_ARCHIVE_PATH
+- mkdir $HOME/clang+llvm
+- tar xf $LLVM_ARCHIVE_PATH -C $HOME/clang+llvm --strip-components 1
+- export PATH=$HOME/clang+llvm/bin:$PATH
 
 install:
 - install_os_deps