diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a1028f..0b15266 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Courtesy: https://github.com/magit/magit/blob/master/.travis.yml
+dist: xenial
 language: minimal
 
 env: