diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8656f168f..fc356f4b4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ addons:
     packages:
       # needed for i686-unknown-linux-gnu target
       - gcc-multilib
+      # needed to build deb packages
+      - fakeroot
 
 env:
   global: