diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b2e6728..11b6ac5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ addons:
     packages:
       # needed for i686-unknown-linux-gnu target
       - gcc-multilib
+      # needed to build deb packages
+      - fakeroot
 
 env:
   global: