diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 576f5e6..020a74f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ sudo: false
 cache: pip
 before_install:
     - pip install codecov
+# install dependencies
+install:
+    - pip install --user -r requirements.txt
 after_success:
     - codecov
 # command to run tests