diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 25744a327..dbb7ccee1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ before_install:
 
  # update and install required tools
  - sudo apt-get -qq update
- - sudo apt-get -qq install build-essential gcc-4.8 g++-4.8 libbz2-dev libncurses5-dev libmysqlclient-dev libreadline-dev libsdl1.2-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libace-dev
+ - sudo apt-get -qq install automake autoconf make patch libmysql++-dev build-essential gcc-4.8 g++-4.8 libbz2-dev libncurses5-dev libmysqlclient-dev \
+ - sudo apt-get -qq install libreadline-dev libsdl1.2-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libace-dev libtool grep binutils
 
 script:
   - test -d _build || mkdir _build