diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 167ec66aa..70f13a23d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ language: node_js
 node_js:
  - "stable"
 
+env:
+  - CXX=g++-4.8
+addons:
+  apt:
+    sources:
+      - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+    packages:
+      - g++-4.8
+
 before_script:
   - npm install -g gulp
   - for d in `ls packages/`; do cd packages/$d; npm install; cd -; done