diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 445e10a04af6199862c3b26b3c15bf3be489f7a9..50d61530a92573641262693c6667f41e612f141d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ matrix:
       perl: 5.18
       env: BINDINGS=perl CC=clang
 before_install:
-  - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:asolovets/backports -y
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq
-  - if [ "$BINDINGS" != "none" ]; then sudo apt-get install swig2.0; swig -version; fi
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - if [ "$BINDINGS" != "none" ]; then sudo apt-get install swig; sudo add-apt-repository ppa:asolovets/backports -y; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install swig2.0; swig -version; fi
   - if [ "$BINDINGS" == "python" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq python-dev; fi
 
 install: true