diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d0446c6d..7a22fb99 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ addons:
     - php5-cli
 before_install:
   - sudo apt-get -qq update
+  - export CXX=g++-4.8
 script:
   - ./autogen.sh --enable-coverage && make all test
   - (cd src/lib/ebus/test && ./test_symbol && ./test_filereader && ./test_data && ./test_message)